Some of the objects found by Dr. M.A. Stein, in Central Asia. From a
photograph kindly lent by the Traveller.
WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT.
BOOK SECOND. - PART SECOND.
The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN, the Lu-ku-k'iao of the Chinese, reduced from a
large Chinese Engraving in the Geographical work called Ki-fu-thung-chi
in the Paris Library. I owe the indication of this, and of the Portrait of
Kublai Kaan in vol. i. to notes in M. Pauthier's edition.
The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN. From the Livre des Merveilles.
BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLE.
BRIDGE of LU-KU-K'IAO. From a photograph by Count de SEMALLE.
The ROI D'OR. Professed Portrait of the Last of the Altun Khans or Kin
Emperors of Cathay, from the (fragmentary) Arabic Manuscript of
Rashiduddin's History in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society. This
Manuscript is supposed to have been transcribed under the eye of
Rashiduddin, and the drawings were probably derived from Chinese originals.
Plan of Ki-chau, after Duhalde.