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L. RICHARD'S COMPREHENSIVE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE AND DEPENDENCIES.
by RICHARD, L
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Shanghai 1908, T'usewei Press. Green cloth, very good, 713p. index, appendices,5 color folding maps,42 b.w. maps & diags. illustrations, 50 tables. Trans. by M. Kennelly. book plate: THE PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION, college stamped title page. An excellent scholarly study, covering the territory in much depth. Addressing the description, notes on eighteen provinces, by regions, description of all aspects of the flora, fauna, population, geological constitution,Orography, climate, hydrology, mineral wealth &c. * It gives a physical and political outline of China and its dependencies, giving a detailed description of each province. It is illustrated with deveral sketch-maps in the text and contains 12 references to Korea. * Also covers Mongolia and Manchuria. A very useful resource. * SPECIAL EDITION: COMPLETE WITH ALL FIVE LARGE FOLDING MAPS. While the list of maps calls for 4 large color folding maps, this special copy actually has 5 large color folding maps, including one not listed on p.77 of Tientsin. **** SPECIAL PASON J. TREAT'S signed copy. * College gift book plate, THE PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION, small college stamp on title & lower page edge, else clean. * .
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- L. RICHARD'S COMPREHENSIVE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE AND DEPENDENCIES.
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- RICHARD, L
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Geography Of China; Guidebooks On China: Old, Scarce, Choice & Rare Items; Maps Of China: Asian/chinese/european Printed Maps & Cartography;
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