Lot 146
Huc, Souvenirs d’un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine. Tournai 1850.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
146
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Évariste Régis Huc
Huc, Évariste Régis: Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine pendant les années 1844,1845 et 1846. Tournai: J. Casterman et fils 1850. 418 pp., 6 pp. Red half-leather, with gold-stamped title and decoration on the spine, colourfully illustrated covers. Speckled edges.
(Varying degrees of tanning. Cover scuffed. Spine discoloured. Former library copy.)
First edition. – Huc, also known as Father Huc, was a French explorer and missionary who became world-famous for his journey across Mongolia, Tibet and China between 1844 and 1846. During his missionary work, he met the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, who agreed to allow him to establish a mission; however, before this could be done, Huc was taken out of the country by the Chinese embassy and sent to Canton, from where he returned to Europe.
(Varying degrees of tanning. Cover scuffed. Spine discoloured. Former library copy.)
First edition. – Huc, also known as Father Huc, was a French explorer and missionary who became world-famous for his journey across Mongolia, Tibet and China between 1844 and 1846. During his missionary work, he met the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, who agreed to allow him to establish a mission; however, before this could be done, Huc was taken out of the country by the Chinese embassy and sent to Canton, from where he returned to Europe.