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PALLU de LA BARRIÈRE (Léopold... - Lot 665 - Briscadieu
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PALLU de LA BARRIÈRE (Léopold Augustin Charles)
Relation de l'expédition de Chine en 1860, written by Lieutenant Pallu from official documents, with the authorization of His Excellency Count P. de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of Marine and Colonies. Atlas compiled from official documents. Paris, Dépôt de la Marine, printed by Auguste Bry, 1863.
Atlas in folio, title and 8 plates, 5 of which are double-page spreads (one in color depicting the tusks of the Peh-tang-ho and Peï-Ho).
Publisher's blue boards, blue cloth spine, printed title on upper cover. Contents detached from cover.
The only atlas of this detailed account of the Franco-British expedition to China in 1860, whose origins date back to the Second Opium War in 1856.
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