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COLQUHOUN, Archibald Ross

Amongst the Shans .. and an historical sketch of the Shans, preceded by an introduction on the cradle of the Shan race
London / New York
Field & Tuer
1885
€240 - €400

8vo, lv + 392 pages + 4 pp. advertisements and 24 pp. publishers' catalogue at end. Illustrated with a folding col. map and 55 illustrations. Original dark green pebble-grained cloth, blue slipcase

Bookplate W.R. Hawkins. Scarce first edition. The Shan are the biggest ethnic minority of Burma (Myanmar), but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China (Dai people), Laos, Assam (Ahom people) and Thailand

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