Melchior-Honoré YVAN
Lettre sur la pharmacie en Chine[Letter on Pharmacy in China]
Labé|Paris 1847|14.7 x 22.7 cm|Broché
First edition, very rare (cf. Cordier, Sinica, 1476); the NUC records only a single copy.
Spine inexpertly repaired with an adhesive strip, losses to the corners of the spine and covers, wrappers browned.
Melchior Yvan (1803-1873), physician and politician, took part in the mission sent to China under the direction of the diplomat Lagrené, with the aim of concluding a treaty of commerce and navigation with that country. He published his account of the journey in several parts between 1850 and 1855.
This pamphlet appears to be one of the author's very earliest publications relating to China.
€500