[China] E.F. Timkovski. Voyage à Péking, à travers la Mongolie,

en 1820 et 1821. Traduit de Russe, par M. N******, et revu par M. J.-B. Eyrie's; Ouvrage publiée, avec des corrections et des Notes, par M. J. Klaproth. Atlas. Paris, Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1827. 1st French ed. 32 p. Folio. Contemp. calf, gilt and blindst. border, inside dentelles, gilt and blindst. spine, lithogr. title, fold. map (5 x 42.5 cm), 2 double-p. plans (1 fold.) and 8 plates.

Binding faded, spine worn and some other imperfections, occas. foxed. A good copy. Cordier p.2473; Lust 551. Timkovski was a Russian diplomat who accompanied an Orthodox mission to Beijing. One of the plans is the earliest publ. plans of the Forbidden City in the West.