Lot 194
A. M. le Palud, The Yangtze Gorges in pictures and prose. Shanghai (1930).
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
194
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
A. M. Le Palud
Le Palud, A. M.: The Yangtze Gorges in Pictures and Prose. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Ltd (1930). 26,3 x 19 cm. With 56 photographic illustrations on plates and 1 folded map showing the itinerary. 2 leaves, XVIII pp., 1 leaf. Original blue linen binding with gold-embossed title and title on the back. Original colour-printed dust jacket.
(Cover with tears along the edge.)
During a steamboat journey, the author describes in detail the geography, landscape and culture of the places he visited. Some of the places described here were destroyed and flooded during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, which was completed in 2012.
(Cover with tears along the edge.)
During a steamboat journey, the author describes in detail the geography, landscape and culture of the places he visited. Some of the places described here were destroyed and flooded during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, which was completed in 2012.