The great Empress Dowager of China [Tzu hsi, i.e., Ci Xi] by Philip W. Sergeant ... With 16 illustrations including a photogravure frontispiece
Sergeant, Philip W
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223025
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 344 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 22cm. Provenance: Nineteenth-century[?] badge bookplate, with motto on sash "Metuenda corolla draconis" and lettered "Herbert Vane-Tempest" [i.e. Lord Herbert Lionel Henry Vane-Tempest (1862-1921), youngest son of George 5th Marquess of Londonderry and Mary Cornelia Edwards]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth, single gilt fillet forming a border, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
Sergeant, Philip W