Frances Wood — The Silk Road

London, The Folio Society, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first Folio edition of this fascinating history of the Silk Road, in a lovely decorated silk binding, in the original slipcase. The first Folio edition of this work in a decorated silk binding, in the original pictorial slipcase. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political and religious interactions between the East and West. In this beautiful book, profusely illustrated with colour illustrations, Frances Wood explores the history and tales of the Silk Road. In the publisher's original silk binding, in the original slipcase. Externally, silk and slipcase are both in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Reginald Piggott. Fine .