![46
China.- Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de) Voyages à Peking, Manille et L'Ile de France faits dans l'Intervalle des Années 1784 à1801, Atlas vol. only, first edition, 60 fine engraved plates and 6 maps or plans, 4 folding, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary marbled boards, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Cordier Sinica 2351-2352; Hill 2004, 733; Lust 336], folio, Paris, De L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
*** Guignes was Consul in Canton in 1784, and from 1794-95 he was an interpreter with the Dutch Embassy to Peking, spending some 17 years in total in China. The majority of plates relate to China, and include a map of the Philippines, and a plan of the bay of Manilla.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/f46011e2-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/44d08aca-a491-ee11-817b-6045bdfc47ac.webp "46
China.- Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de) Voyages à Peking, Manille et L'Ile de France faits dans l'Intervalle des Années 1784 à1801, Atlas vol. only, first edition, 60 fine engraved plates and 6 maps or plans, 4 folding, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary marbled boards, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Cordier Sinica 2351-2352; Hill 2004, 733; Lust 336], folio, Paris, De L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
*** Guignes was Consul in Canton in 1784, and from 1794-95 he was an interpreter with the Dutch Embassy to Peking, spending some 17 years in total in China. The majority of plates relate to China, and include a map of the Philippines, and a plan of the bay of Manilla.")
Description
China.- Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de) Voyages à Peking, Manille et L'Ile de France faits dans l'Intervalle des Années 1784 à1801, Atlas vol. only, first edition, 60 fine engraved plates and 6 maps or plans, 4 folding, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary marbled boards, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Cordier Sinica 2351-2352; Hill 2004, 733; Lust 336], folio, Paris, De L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
⁂ Guignes was Consul in Canton in 1784, and from 1794-95 he was an interpreter with the Dutch Embassy to Peking, spending some 17 years in total in China. The majority of plates relate to China, and include a map of the Philippines, and a plan of the bay of Manilla.
Lot 46
China.- Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de) Voyages A Peking, Manille et L'Ile de France faits dans l'Intervalle des Années 1784 â 1801, Atlas vol. only, first edition, Paris, De L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000
Description
China.- Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de) Voyages à Peking, Manille et L'Ile de France faits dans l'Intervalle des Années 1784 à1801, Atlas vol. only, first edition, 60 fine engraved plates and 6 maps or plans, 4 folding, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary marbled boards, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Cordier Sinica 2351-2352; Hill 2004, 733; Lust 336], folio, Paris, De L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
⁂ Guignes was Consul in Canton in 1784, and from 1794-95 he was an interpreter with the Dutch Embassy to Peking, spending some 17 years in total in China. The majority of plates relate to China, and include a map of the Philippines, and a plan of the bay of Manilla.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter