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Oriente - Cina - Manciuria - Giava - Siam - Barzini, Luigi

Half of the world seen from a car. From Beijing to Paris in 60 days., 1878

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Milan, Ulrico Hoepli, 1908. In 8th. With 13 plates, an itinerant map, 126 original illustrations and the introduction by Prince Scipione Borghese, binding in red chagrin, author, title and gold friezes on the spine, slight defect on the hinge. § & nbsp; Beauvoir, Ludovic C.te & nbsp; de , & nbsp; Java, Siam, Canton. Voyage autour du Monde . Paris, Plon, 1878. With 13 plates in black and white outside the text and an itinerant map, slight blooms and some browning, editorial binding in red canvas, title imprinted in gold on the front plate within an elegant frame with black friezes, gilded cuts, slight signs of use. § & nbsp; De Schaeck, Ivan , Six mois en Manduchourie, Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1906. In 8 °. With 44 plates engraved outside the text and an itinerant paper, slight marginal burnishing, binding in the middle Moroccan with corners, author and title imprinted in gold on the spine. Author's autograph dedication to the guard card. & Nbsp;

Specialist Notes

I work: First edition of the first original Italian text translated simultaneously into 11 languages. A classic in the history of Italian reportage in which Luigi Barzini (1874-1947) describes the famous car race of 16,000 km. departing from Beijing and arriving in Paris, via Mongolia, Siberia, Russia, Germany, Belgium.

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