Les Jonques Chinoises. Volumes I - VI.

  • Rotterdam: Museum voor Land, 1957 - 1965
By Audemard, Louis.
Rotterdam: Museum voor Land , 1957 - 1965.

First 6 and most important volumes (10 were ultimately published; the final 4 deal with coastal China and Indochina.) This well-illustrated series vastly expands Worcester's work. Titles and pagination as follows. I - "Histoire de la Jonque." b/w illustrations, folding map, 97pp.; II - "Construction de la Jonque." b/w illustrations, folding map, 72pp.; III - "Ornamentation et Types." Color and b/w illustrations, folding map, 61pp.; IV - "Description des Jonques." 2 folding maps, 92pp.; V - "Haut Yang Tse Kiang." b/w illustrations, 72pp.; VI - "Bas Yang Tse Kiang." b/w illustrations, 116pp. Text ni French. 6 vols. uniformly bound in printed grey wrappers. Very good condition.

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Title

Les Jonques Chinoises. Volumes I - VI.

Author

Audemard, Louis.

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Publisher

Museum voor Land: Rotterdam

Date

1957 - 1965


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