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DAVIS (J F) The Chinese, a General Description of the

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DAVIS (J F) The Chinese, a General Description of the Empite of VChina, 2 vols., London 1836, 8vo, original cloth; INGHAM (E G, Bishop) From Japan to Jerusalem, London 1911, 8vo, illustrated, pictorial red cloth; RUDOLPH (Crown Prince) Travels in the East, London 1884, small 4to, illustrations, half morocco rubbed (4)