HÜBNER (Joseph Alexandre, baron). Promenade autour du Monde 1871. Paris, Hachette, 1877. In-folio, fifth edition illustrated with a portrait of the author on Chine applied with 316 in-text woodcuts, some full-page (103 engravings for America, 113 for Japan and 104 for China). Bound in period red half-chagrin, with richly decorated percaline boards, stamped in the center with the American eagle accompanied by the motto "E pluribus unum", smooth ornate spine (headbands and corners rubbed, inner spine split, freckles). Also included: HÜBNER (Joseph Alexandre, baron). Neuf ans de souvenirs d'un ambassadeur d'Autriche à Paris sous le second empire. Paris, Plon, 1904. In-8 paperback, first edition (some foxing). Note: Joseph Alexander von Hübner (1811-1892), whose real name was Josef Hafenbredl, also known as Count de Hübner, Baron de Hübner or Alexandre de Hübner, was an Austrian diplomat born in Vienna. Attaché, then embassy secretary and finally consul, he trained in several European embassies before being appointed Austrian ambassador to Paris, then to the Holy See. He is the author of several works on his missions and travels, providing invaluable insights into diplomatic life, as well as into countries that were not very open at the time, which he visited with insatiable curiosity, as much at ease with Chinese peasants as in the highest aristocratic circles. Raised to the title of Count in 1888, he was one of the most prominent political figures in the Austrian monarchy.