Baron Richthofen's letters 1870-1872
Shanghai: South China Herald, [ca. 1873]. First collected edition, folio, pp. [4], 149, [1]; 2 plates, 1 folding, quarter green morocco over marbled boards; disbound, boards separated, final gathering loose, ex-library with perforations and light pencil annotations in margins, likely by M. Lynwood Garrison, an American scientist in metallography, with a gift bookplate from him on upper cover. Baron Richthofen was a German traveler, geographer, and scientist credited with coining the term "silk road." He visited 7 major locations in China over 2 years, sending reports back for each which were printed and disseminated individually before being published as a collected work. His letters report on Hunan, the Han River, Honan and Shansi, Chekiang and Nganhwei, Nanking and Chinkiang, Muslims in Kansu, Sichuan, and Chihli, Mongolia and Shansi, with a focus on geography, economics, and natural resources. Harvard, Oakland Univ., and Lehigh only in the US in OCLC. Item #54540
Price: $2,000.00
