Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious, Governmental, Educational, and Business Customs and Opinions. With Special But Not Exclusive Reference to Fuhchau - Volume I by Doolittle, Rev. Justus - 1867

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867 Volume I only. Frontis-piece present, with partial tissue guard intact, [4], xvi, [1], 18-459pp, bound in lavender cloth with bevelled edges, gilt borders, gilt illustration on spine, with hinges tight, illustrated throughout. Age darkening to covers, foxing to outer page edges and prelims, with occasional interior foxing. Small spine label, along with a label inside the front cover for a Sunday School. This book had a brown paper cover over it, which protected the covers wonderfully, but had been pasted inside the covers, so there is now some paper peel inside the front and back covers, as well as remnants of the brown paper. Includes Agriculture, Domestic Matters, Betrothal and Marriage, Superstitious Treatment of Diseases, Death/Mourning & Burial, The Three Religions, God & Goddesses, and much more.