Abbé David's Diary

Description:

Being and account of the French naturalist's journeys and observations in China in the years 1866 to 1869. Translated and edited by Helen M. Fox. First edition thus. French missionary Abbé Armand David (1826-1900) was a French natural history collector and explorer of 19th century China. He discovered hundreds of zoological and botanical taxa in China over the course of three lengthy expeditions in the country's interior.

Part One of this book is an abridged translation of the Journal d'un Voyage en Mongolie fait en 1866 sous les auspices de S.E.M. Durry […], par M. l'Abbé Armand David, Missionaire de la Congregation des Lazaristes, which first appeared in 1867-1868. Part Two is an abridged translation of the Journal d'un Voyage dans le centre de la Chine et dans Thibet oriental, first published1872-1874.

Condition

8vo, orig. cloht. Vg. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.