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| TAYLOR (LOUISE MARION) COMPILER. Catalog of Books on China in the Essex Institute. The Essex Institute, Salem. 1926. First Edition, xi,[i],392pp., orig. cloth, a fine copy. This major subject bibliography describes 3,500 books on all aspects on Chinese life. It is an excellent reference for collectors, easy to use, and provides a broad exposure to books in any given subject. The collection is based on the collection of Thomas Hunt, a merchant who gained his fortune in China during the middle of the 19th century. A lifelong collector, Hunt gave his collection to the Essex Institute, where it is currently housed. The Library contains about 4000 volumes. It was with the purpose of increasing the library's usefulness to scholars that the current catalog was compiled. Subjects are Chinese in America, Jews in China, Buddhism, folklore, secret societies, and dozens of others. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 US$ 83.05 | JP¥ 7337] Book number: 25396 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CORDIER (HENRI) Bibliotheca Sinica. Dictionnaire Bibliographique des Ouvrages Relatifs a l’Empire Chinois. (Reprint of the 1904-53 Edition) 1997. 6 Vols., in 3, orig. cloth. Contains over 50,000 entries and still the most comprehensive bibliography of China. GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 177.5 US$ 265.76 | JP¥ 23479] Book number: 15763 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| LOWENDAHL (BJORN) Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. The Catalogue of the Löwendahl - von der Burg Collection. Hua Hin, The Elephant Press. 2008. 4to, 2 vols., c. 700 pp. + 8 plates in colour, orig. cloth, d.w. in a cloth box. An important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Là ¶wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts. ISBN 9789749898338 & 9789749898345 GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 166.5 US$ 249.15 | JP¥ 22011] Book number: 26605 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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