Auction 2 Part 2
Art, rare books and manuscripts - part 2
By Van de Wiele Auctions
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Oct 19, 2024
Groeninge 34, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Auction Friday 18.10.2024
10 am N° 001-217
1.30 pm N° 218-666
Auction Saturday 19.10.2024
10 am N° 667-883
1.30 pm N° 884-1272
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LOT 1019:
FAVIER, Alphonse
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Sold for: €550
Start price:
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600
Estimated price :
€600 - €900
Buyer's Premium: 26%
VAT: 6%
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FAVIER, Alphonse
Péking histoire et description
Péking
Imprimerie des Lazaristes au Pé-Ang
1897
First and limited edition of this important and luxurious work on the political and social history of the ancient capital of Peking. Alphonse Favier (1807-1905) was at the head of the French Mission in North China and the Vicar apostolic of Peking. Nicely printed on thick paper, this work contains a historical part and a descriptive part (Western Travellers in China)
Folio (353 x 270 mm.), XII, 563 pp, half-title, engravings, full-page photographic illustrations, 10 hand-coloured engravings of porcelain (including limitation page) FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 116 of 1000 COPIES. Bound in 3/4 leather, somewhat rubbed, original covers preserved, top edge gilt
