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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Shanghai: Celestial Empire Office, 1878, 1878 First edition. Octavo, 21.1*14*4.7cm, 337p. Hardcover in modern binding with new endpapers, with 3 folded tables and 18 folded diagrams of temperature, atmosphere pressure, precipitation, wind directions and other aspects of weather in Asia. Contents: Article I. On the Stone Figures at Chinese Tombs and the Offering of Living Sacrifices by William Frederik Mayers. Article II. The Comparative Study of Chinese Dialects by E. H. Parker. Article III. Droughts in China, A. D. 620 to 1643 by Alex Hosie. Article IV. Sunspots and Sun-shades observed in China, B.C. 28 to A.D. 1617 by Alex Hosie. Article V. The Ancient Language and Cult of the Chows; being Notes Critical and Exegetical on the Shi-king, or Classic of Poetry of the Chinese by Thomas W. Kingsmill. Article VI. The Climate of Eastern Asia by Dr. H. Fristsche. 1st Edition. Very Good/No Jacket.…