Grandeur et suprématie de Péking.

Folio: 607-[3] pp.

Half dark blue morocco, dark blue buckram covers, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (spine faded, corners and turn-ins rubbed, scratches on back cover).

Edition limited to 1000 copies, n° 803 on satin Alfa paper. Ill. with plans, collotypes and b/w figures in-text. Divided into 2 parts concerning the history of Peking from the Yuan Dynasty through to the early years of Republican China, including the Boxer Rebellion, and with chapters on Christianity (Lazarists and Protestant missionaries), art, culture and customs including palaces and temples, trade, wedding customs, religious beliefs, etc.