Condition. The books are in Fair condition and are ex-library Both have heavy foxing on the covers, front and back. The contents have only scattered light foxing. The books have several library handstamps which include "Discard" handstamps on front and back covers and first and last pages. The June issue has a library embossed seal on the front cover. The front cover of the May issues is almost detached. There are no card pockets or other library type treatments. Both books have a vertical fold.

 
Summers, Reverend J.(editor)
Rost, Dr. Reinhold (editor):
The Chinese and Japanese Repository of Facts and Events in Science, History and Art Relating to Eastern Asia, Volume I:11 (May 3, 1864 - pages 443-482) and Volume I:12 (June 3, 1864 - pages 483-522), London, W.H. Allen & Co., Paris, Benjamin Duprat, 8vo, paper wraps, pages. Contents of each issue outlined below.

The June issue contains a section titled "Japan" (pages 519-522) which reports on the announcement of "another Japanese Embassy to Europe." This section also has a portion titled "Japanese Buying Foreign Steamers" noting the purchase of the Yangtsz for $145,000 by the Tycoon, the purchase of the Ayrshire Lass for $30,000 by the Satsuma and the Shun-li for $100,000 by the Governor of Nagasaki.

These are two issues of 29 from this periodical. The entire set covers Volume I-III, consecutive No. 1 (July 1863) through No. 29 (December 1865), 1863-1865, later hard bound in three volumes, approximately 40~48 pages per monthly issue, 500~534 pages per bound volume.

Volume I:11 (May 3, 1864)
I.    On the Railways in China (443-448), 
II.   The Science of Chinese Arithmetic (448-461), 
III.  Suttee in China (457-461), 
IV.   Lui-Fung Ta, "Thunder Peak Pagoda," or "The Story of Han-Wan and the Water Serpent (461-468), 
V.    Extracts from A. Loudon's "Journal of a Mission to Siam" (469-472), 
VI.   Medical Missionary Practice in Peking in 1861-2 (472-480) and 
VII.  Notices of Recent Publications on Chinese &c. (480-482)


Volume I:12 (June 3, 1864)
I.    Medical Missionary Practice in Peking in 1861-2 (483-494), 
II.   The Science of Chinese Arithemtic (494-500),
III.  Extracts from Histores and Fables, to Which Allusions are Frequently Made in Chinese Literature (500-3), 
IV.   Lui-Fung Ta, "Thunder-Peak Pagoda," or "The Story of Han-Wan and the White Serpent" (503-513) and 
V.    Record of Events in China During the First Four Months of 1864 (513-522).