first edition Color frontispiece; 22 plates (1 color); 22 illustrations in text. xvii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to
1961 · Leiden
by Gulik, R. H. van
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1961. First edition. Color frontispiece; 22 plates (1 color); 22 illustrations in text. xvii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth. Fine in near fine pictorial dust jacket (small scuff at center of front panel). First edition. Color frontispiece; 22 plates (1 color); 22 illustrations in text. xvii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Comprehensive and pioneering work of scholarship by the Dutch diplomat, orientalist, and novelist who is most widely known for his Judge Dee mysteries.
(Inventory #: 354160)