ABEL - RÉMUSAT, JEAN-PIERRE / ROSNY, LÉON DE:

Élémens de la grammaire chinoise, ou principes généraux du Kou-Wen ou style antique, et du Kouan-Hoa, c'est-à-dire, de la langue commune généralement usitée dans l'empire chinois. Nouvelle édition, ... augmentée d'une table des principales phonétiques chinoises par L. Le—n de Rosny. Paris, Maisonette et Cie, 1857.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. xxii, 240. Includes the Chinese title printed on yellow paper. With two folding lithographed plates. Half morocco on marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and title lettered in gilt. Bookplate. Second edition (first 1822) enlarged with a table "des principales phonétiques chinoises" devised by Leon de Rosny. Abel Rémusat's grammar was the first usable Chinese grammar printed in Europe. Unlike previous grammars he did not try to impose any of the common categories of Indo-European languages on the Chinese languages he described. Abel-Rémusat distinguishes carefully between classical or literary Chinese and the vernacular based on Mandarin. The two languages are treated in two different sections; "Style antique" respectively "Style moderne". However the last section with analyses of the vernacular is more elaborated and valuable than the classical part. Alain Peyraube: "Some reflections on the sources of the Mashi Wentong" pp. 345-46. Cordier BS 1662.

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Book number: 100551

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, language, langue, lingustic, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east, eastern

ABEL-RÉMUSAT, JEAN-PIERRE (Trans.) & KLAPROTH, HEINRICH JULIUS & CLERC DE LANDRESSE, ERNEST AUGUSTIN XAVIER (Eds.):

[...] Foé Koué Ki ou relation des royaumes bouddhiques: Voyage dans la Tartarie, dans l'Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, exécuté, a la fin du IVe siècle, par Ch Fâ Hian. Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1836.

. Large 4to. Pp. (iv), lxvi, (2), 424. With four folding engraved maps and one engraved plate. Uncut and unopened copy in original printed wrappers. Wrappers stained, spine chipped and partly restored. First few leaves with light waterstain at upper margin otherwise a very good copy.First edition of the first western translation of the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian's (Fa-hien) travels to India at the beginning of the fifth century. He travelled on foot from China through various parts of Central Asia, down to India, and returned by boat via Java. During the journey he studied and copied Buddhist scriptures which he later translated and expanded. Faxian describes the various Buddhist countries he visited and their religious practices. Further it helps to reconstruct the history and geography of Central Asia and India before the arrival of Islam. This is considered Abel-Rémusat's most important work. It was posthumously published, revised and supplemented by Klaproth, and finally completed by Landresse after Klaproth's death. Cordier BS 2649-50. Löwendahl 913. Lust 782. Zenker ii, 6793.

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Book number: 100437

Catalogue: East Asia

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ABEL-RÉMUSAT, JEAN PIERRE:

Mélanges posthumes d'histoire et de litérature orientales. Paris 1843.

. Pp. (iv), iv, 469, table (1). Contemporary marbled paper covered boards, calf spine decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed. First edition, posthumously published. It's a continuation of Remusat's "Mélanges asiatique" (1825-29). Edited by Félix Lajard. Abél-Remusat (1788-1832) was the renowned French orientalist who wrote extensivley about Chinese history, literature and language. Cordier BS 68. Lust 101.

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Book number: 100777

Catalogue: East Asia

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ABEL-RÉMUSAT, JEAN-PIERRE:

Nouveaux mélanges asiatiques, ou recueil de morceaux de critique et de mémoires relatifs aux religions, aux sciences, aux coutumes, à l'histoire et à la géographie des nations orientales. Two volumes. Paris, Schubart et Heideloff & librairie orientale de Dondey-Dupré père & fils, 1829.

. Pp. (iv), iv, 446; (iv), 428. With one folding map of "Iles Bo-nin" (the Ogasawara group). As issued, entirely uncut in original wrappers. Wrappers to volume one with some wear, chipped along edges. Comprises interesting and valuable essays and articles treating various subject related to the Far East, preceded by "Mélanges asiatiques" (1825-26). The first volume treats China and its inhabitants and literature, followed by chapters about Cambodia; the Japanese islands; the people of Tibet and Bukhara; a collection of Japanese accounts prepared by Titsingh; the British commerce in Canton (Staunton); acupuncture; and the Japanese grammar (Rodriguez); the history of the Mongols, etc. The second volume comprises: 1. "Études biographiques" including short accounts of famous Chinese emperors, ministers, historians, foreign missionaries, etc. and; 2. "Sur la philosophie des Hindoues d'apres les memoires de M. Colebrooke". Cordier BS 68. Lust 102. Löwendahl 866 (not calling for the map).

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Book number: 100462

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, literature

[NEW SWEDEN]. ACRELIUS, ISRAEL:

Beskrifning om de swenska församlingarnas forna och närwarande tilstånd, uti det så kallade Nya Swerige, sedan Nya Nederland, men nu för tiden Pensylvanien, samt nästliggande orter wid älfwen De la Ware, Wäst-Yersey och New-Castle County uti Norra America. Stockholm, Harberg & Hesselberg, 1759.

. 4to. Pp. (xx), 170, 172-173, 175-194, 193-447, 449, 479-533 (1). Some light marginal staining. Last leaf with two tears (repaired) but no text is missing. Contemporary half calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, restored. Later endpapers. Bookplate and old ownership signatures on front paste-down. First edition of one of the most important works about the history of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware river. It deals with political and ecclesiastical history, customs and manners, mines, commerce, housekeeping, natural resources etc. Acrelius, a Swedish clergyman, was sent in 1749 to be Provost of the Swedish congregations in New Sweden (Pennsylvania). He served for seven years before he had to return to Sweden due to bad health. This work was translated into English in 1874. Howes A34. Larson 3.

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Book number: 32087

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, america, americana, amerika, travel, exploration,

ADANSON, MICHEL:

Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec une relation abrégée d'un voyage fait en ce pays pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 et 53. Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bache, 1757.

. 4to. Pp. (viii), 190; (ii), xcvi, 275. With one large folding map and 19 folding plates depicting molluscs and shells engraved by Thérèse Reboul after sketches by the author. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with five raised bands and title-label, rubbed, spine worn, hinges cracked. Marbled endpapers, r.e. Bookplate (Bruce of Kinnaird). Provenance: James Bruce (1730-94), a Scottish explorer who introduced Ethiopia to the western world and confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. First edition of an early scientific expedition to Senegal. The first part deals with Adanson's voyage and explorations in Senegal, including the Island of Gorée and the River Senegal. The second part is devoted to the history of conchology and molluscs. Michel Adanson (1727-1806) was a French botanist who entered the service of the French East India Company in order to study the natural history of Senegal. He intended to publish a monumental treatise of the country's fauna and flora but only this volume appeared. Internally a clean and crisp copy. Chadenat 2760. Cox i, p. 383. Gay 2883. Howgego A12. Nissen ZBI 27.

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Book number: 23078

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, africa, afrika, africana, afrique, afrikana, natural history, senegal, gambia, west africa, botany, conch, shells, molusc, travel, exploration, island of Gorée, île de Gorée

ADELBORG, OTTILIA (Ill.) [CHILDREN'S ALMANAC]

Almanacka 1890. Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1889.

. 16mo. Pp (16). Original colour decorated boards. With the unusual dust jacket, some minor browning and small insignificant paper loss at lower edge. Ottilia Adelborg (1855-1936) was a Swedish artist and children's book illustrator. A charming calendar in exceptionally good condition.

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Book number: 121353

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, children, barn, almenacka, almanac, calendar, juvenile, illustrated,

ADELUNG, FRIEDRICH:

Bibliotheca sanscrita. Literatur der Sanskrit-sprache. St.Petersburg, Karl Kray, 1837.

. Pp. (ii), xxii, 430. Contemporary marbled boards, gilt spine with title label, some light wear to spine and corners. From the libraries of Hans Böniger; Nartin Bodmer; and Hans Peter Kraus. Second enlarged edition (first 1830). Besterman 5571. Vater p. 330.

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Book number: 31071

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, sanskrit, bibliography, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, sprachwissenschaft, lingustic,

ANDERSEN (ANDERSON) AENEAS :

Berättelse om ängelska beskickningen til China, under Lord Macartney. Stockholm, Johan Pfeiffer, 1796.

. Pp. (vi), 250. Slightly later half calf, spine richly gilt and with red title label. Old ownership signature on free front endpaper. An abridged Swedish translation of "A Narrative of the British Embassy to China in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794". Based on the German edition Erlangen 1795, translated by Samuel Ödmann. At end an appendix including a narrative by a Catholic missionary about his imprisonment in China, translated from the German (1794). Cf Cordier BS 2386.

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Book number: 100094

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, kina, chine, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

AGRELL, CARL MAGNUS & LINDGREN, HENRIC G. (Editor):

Supplementa ad lex. syr. castellianum. Dissertations. Parts 1-18 in one volume. Upsala (1838-41).

. Small 4to. Pp. (ii), vi, (iv, 10; (ii), 11-18; (iv), 19-26; (iv), 27-34; (iv), 35-42; (ii), 43-50; (iv), 51-58; (iv), 59-66; (iv), 67-74; (iv), 75-82; (iv), 90-98; (iv), 99-106; (iv), 107-114; (iv), 115-122; (vi), 123-130; (ii), 131-138. Disbound. The last two dissertations (parts 17 and 18) are usually missing. Agrell published this work as a supplement to Edmund Castell's "Lexicon Syriacum", second edition edited by Michaelis, Göttingen 1788. It was later incorporated in the "Thesaurus Syriacus", edited by R. Payne, Oxford 1868-1901. Agrell (1764-1840) was professor in Oriental languages at Upsala 1790-91.

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Book number: 34085

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, syriac, syria, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, language, langue, linguistic,

AHLQVIST, AUGUST:

Anteckningar i Nord-Tschudiskan. (Föredragna den 7 Febr. 1859). Helsingfors 1859.

. 4to. Pp. 49-113, Modern boards. Scarce work about the Wepsian language (an Uralic language), spoken at the western bank of Lake Onega at the upper course of the Ojat and in Novgorod (Russia). Contains specimens, grammar, and a vocabulary (with Swedish and Finnish translations, and in some cases Russian). Extract from "Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Acter. Vol. VI.".

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Book number: 100438

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, wesser, tschuder, nord-tschuder, finnish, wepsian, uralic, language, langue, linguistic, russia, russian, finland

AHLQVIST, AUGUST:

Ueber die Sprache der Nord-Ostjaken. Sprachtexte, Wörtersammlung und Grammatik. Two parts in one volume. Helsingfors 1880.

. Pp. viii, 195. As issued, uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Comprises: 1. Sprachtexte und Wörtersammlung; 2. Ostjakisch-Deutsches Wörterverzeichniss. (" Forschungen auf dem gebiete der Ural-Altaischen Sprachen. III."). Zaunmüller 293.

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Book number: 100431

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, language, langue, linguistic, russia, siberia, russian, siberian, khanti, ostyak, samoyed,

AIKAWA MINWA (ARTIST) / KÍRIN, OGATA:

Tsushin gafu (God's picture). Osaka, Honya Kichibei, Bunsei 2 (1819).

. Pp. 48. Woodblock-printed illustrations in K›rin style, in very good impression. Leaves folded in the Japanese style. Original paper wrappers, title label on upper cover. Binding rubbed. Occasionally some minor staining. First edition. This is a sketch manual with Ogata K›rin pattern as drawn by Aikawa Minwa. Ogata K›rin (1658-1716) was a famous Rinpa artist. The celebrated Rinpa style, a Japanese genre based on nature which originated in the early 17th century had a revival in the beginning of the 19th century. The typical K›rin patterns are characterised by simplified forms with prominent and smooth outlines. Aikawa Minwa, active 1806-21, is probably best known for his Manga hyaku-jo (Sketchbook of One Hundred Women 1814). Scarce. British Museum has a copy of this manual with slightly different title leaf but otherwise identical.

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Book number: 121219

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asiatic, rinpa, illustrated,

ÅKERBLAD, JOHAN DAVID:

Lettre sur une inscription phénicienne trouvée à Athènes. Rome, Bourlié, 1817.

. 4to. Pp. 24. With one engraved plate. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, corners lightly rubbed, spine faded. Private stamp on title. Johan Åkerblad (1763-1819), Swedish diplomat and orientalist, was a student of Silvestre de Sacy. He is probably most famous for his contribution to the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script on the Rosetta Stone. During his last years in Rome he was mainly devoted to the studies of Greek epigraphy. Due to limited economical means he only published four small works in Rome, of which this is one. It is dedicated to his friend Andreas Italinsky and deals with the interpretation of a tombstone with Greek and Phoenician scripts. Includes also a Hebrew transcription. Rare. Callmer, In Orientem, pp. 214-218. The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC.[8] The term Phoenicia is an ancient Greek exonym that most likely described one of their most famous exports, a dye also known as Tyrian purple;

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Book number: 99478

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, greek, greece, epigraphy, phoenician, phenicienne, semitic, levant, near east, travel, exploration,

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM:

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings. London, Printed for Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket; by Howlett and Brimmer, Frith Street, Soho, (about 1825-7).

. Small 4to. Pp. (iv) with title and list of plates. With fifty hand-coloured engraved plates, each accompanied with descriptive text. Interleaved with blank leaves. Half vellum on marbled boards, flat spine with green title label, lightly rubbed. Second edition of this title. The illustrations depict varies professions including entertainers, as well as costumes of royalty and commoner. Contains images of tradesmen, musicians, street scenes, soldiers, etc. The plates are printed with "published for J. Murray ... 1814" but the paper is watermarked 1825-27. Alexander published already in 1805 (and 1815) another work titled "The Costume of China" but contains different plates than found here. William Alexander, British artist, accompanied as draughtsman on Lord Macartney's official embassy to Bejing 1792-4. A handsome copy with clean and beautiful plates (minor insignificant staining to a few plates). Colas 75. Cordier 1859. Lipperheide 1527.

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Book number: 100581

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chine, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, illustration, coloured, costumes,