Licent, Émile

FIRST EDITION, folio (535 x 390mm.), atlas volume, 37 lithographed maps most including photographic illustrations, 9 plates of photographic illustrations (7 single-page and 2 double-page), publisher's brown cloth boards, lettered in black on upper cover, laced spine, binding slightly rubbed, joints starting

Western Travellers in China 128

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate. Leaves lightly browned, with minor scattered staining, small stain to bottom of upper cover.
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A RARE PUBLICATION, describing Licent’s second series of travels in Northern China between 1923 and 1933. The Jesuit Émile Licent performed a remarkable amount of important research with the help of the missionaries who collected scientific data. The pages show maps and pictures made during his trip. This atlas is a continuation of the preceding work Dix années 1914-1923 (see lot 83). Appears to originally be part of a set of 4 volumes, 3 being text volumes.