Ivory in China

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1925.
Call number: 654085
Creator: Laufer, Berthold (1874-1934)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Illustrated bookplate of You Chung Hong.; From the Hong family library.
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Associated people: Hong, You Chung, (1898-1977,); Hong, Mabel, (1907-1998,); Hong, Roger S., (1941-2006,)
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