[SCARTH (John)].

Twelve Years in China,

The People, The Rebels, and the Mandarins, by a British Resident. First edition. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations, eleven hand-coloured lithograph plates. Large folding lithograph map (cellotape repairs). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt [minor spotting]. Minor wear to head and tail caps. Occasional light foxing and browning. [xviii], 328pp. [4] (adds). Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co, 1860.

£900.00

Scarth went to China in 1847 and quickly adopted the native dress and mannerisms. He traveled widely and gives first hand accounts of the Taping Rebellion, The March on Peking, The French Attack on Shanghai, and the Siege of Canton by the Triads.

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