The Citizen of the World: or, Letters From a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East
Rare and modern books
Goldsmith Oliver, Cecil Keating
The Folio Society London 1969,
The Citizen of the World: or, Letters From a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East
Rare and modern books
Goldsmith Oliver, Cecil Keating
The Folio Society London 1969,
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Details
- Author
- Goldsmith Oliver
- Publishers
- The Folio Society London 1969
- Keyword
- CINA China Chine
- Illustrator
- Cecil Keating
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
First edition thus. Decorations by Cecil Keeling. Introduction by Rosalind Vallance. 350pp. 8vo. A perfect copy in cloth spine and marbled boards, in its intact case. The first edition of this book was published in 1762, though previously it had appeared as a series of twice-weekly articles, under the title of Chinese Letters, in John Newbery's daily paper, Public Ledger ( 1760 ).
