The history of China & India, pictorial & descriptive [...].

8vo; front., engr. title and 32 pl. (marg. spotting to some pl.).

Contemp. three-quarter green calf, gilt- and blind-ruled marbled paper covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, marbled edges matching endpapers (sl. rubbed, joints, head and tail repaired).

First edition. Illustrated with lithographs on tinted background: title and 31 plates (17 for China incl. frontispiece, 14 for India), 2 fold. maps et numerous woodcut in-text illustrations. Julia Corner (1798-1875), also known as Miss Corner, was a British children's educational writer.