THE OLDEST AND THE NEWEST EMPIRE; CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES / By William Speer, D.D.
Hartford, Conn. S. S. Scranton & Company, 1870. Period B&W plates. First Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo (9" x 6" x 2 1/4"), rebound in beige buckram with 2 black spine labels for title & author; illustrated with B&W frontispiece and 40 engraved plates; 672 pages. Weight: ~ 3 lbs. Very Good. Item #9037
William Speer (1822-1904) was an American pioneer Presbyterian missionary and author. He was missionary to the Chinese in Canton (1847-1850), where he helped establish the first Presbytery in Canton, and to the Chinese in California (1852-1857), where he founded the first Chinese Protestant church outside of China and became a strong advocate for the Chinese in California.
SCARCE: solid, clean copy with excellent unfoxed, bright plates. Slight wear to both labels on spine. Light uniform toning to pages. No internal markings by previous owners.
Price: $170.00