Évariste Huc - À travers les déserts de la Tartarie et les neiges du Thibet

Remarkable illustrated edition of this collection that recounts an exceptional journey to the heart of Central Asia and Tibet, through vast territories, hard-to-reach mountainous regions, and lands whose populations, customs, and beliefs arouse deep curiosity in European readers of the 19th century - French Lazarist missionary Évariste Huc undertakes, with his confrere Joseph Gabet, a journey that takes them from China to Tibetan regions, aiming to pursue their religious mission while discovering societies very different from those they know - Their voyage, undertaken at the beginning of the 1840s, leads them through the wide expanses of Tartary, the wind-swept steppes, desert regions, high plateaus and snowy passes, where harsh climatic conditions impose constant vigilance - Évariste Huc - Across the deserts of Tartary and the snows of Tibet, Curious Adventures of a Caravan - SD (Circa 1900) - Maison du Bon Livre, Oeuvre de Saint-Charles - 502 Pages. Good condition of the binding, paperback in its full flexible cover with polychrome decoration, wear from use, some minor flaws on the cover, light creases and tears, speckled edges, smooth back adorned and titled, as well as the first board - Very good interior condition, slight browning, superb color engraving on the title page, beautiful drop cap, work enriched with fine black engravings in and out of the text, clean text, a lovely copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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