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  • SCARCE TITLE IN WONDERFUL FULL MOTTLED CALF
    Les Voyages de Kang-Hi ou Nouvelles Lettres Chinoises. by LEVIS, M. de
    LEVIS, M. de
    Les Voyages de Kang-Hi ou Nouvelles Lettres Chinoises.

    Paris: Didot, 1810. 2 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. Scarce utopian novel in superb full mottled calf from the beginning of the 19th century. With gilt bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. Speckled edge. A neat ink owner's name 'Stewart' at the head of the first title page. A remarkable work purporting to be the travels of a Chinese explorer in Europe 100 years in the future. From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry. Vane served with distinction throughout the Peninsula War. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. He amassed magnificent libraries in his various Country Houses. A splendid example of this rare and fantastical work.

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