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Ambassade Au Thibet et Boutan Contenant Des Details Tres-Curieux Sur Les Moeurs, La Religion, les Mproductions, Le Commerce Du Thibet, Du Boutan et Des Etats Voisins. Collection De Planches
by Turner, Samuel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1800 Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1800 14 plates, two fold-out, and one folding map. Atlas volume only, from the scarce first edition of one of the most important books on Tibet and Bhutan. The accompanying volume to an account of Captain Turner's expedition in 1783, commissioned by Warren Hastings, to the court of the Panchen Lama in Tashilhumpo, Tibet. Binding is sound, moisture stain to lower third of pages. period calf-backed boards, gilt spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Fair amount of wear and rubbing to binding, chips and worn leather at head and heel of spine; toning and scattered foxing, . 1st French Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. 1st French Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700811
- Title
- Ambassade Au Thibet et Boutan Contenant Des Details Tres-Curieux Sur Les Moeurs, La Religion, les Mproductions, Le Commerce Du Thibet, Du Boutan et Des Etats Voisins. Collection De Planches
- Author
- Turner, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st French Edition.
- Publisher
- Chez F. Buisson
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1800
- Bookseller catalogs
- Tibet;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- Spine Label
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- Heel
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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