CHALMERS, JOHN:

An Account of the Structure of Chinese Characters under 300 Primary Forms; After the Shwoh-Wan, 100, A.D., and the Phonetic Shwoh-Wan, 1833. London, Trübner & Co., 1882.

. Pp. (iv), x, 199. With two index tables, of which one large printed in red and black, the other loose. Original printed wrappers. Binding shaken, wrappers somewhat faded and rubbed, some staining to rear cover. First edition. A valuable work that shows the original forms of the characters followed by pronunciation in Cantonese, Pekingese (Mandarin) and the English translation. John Chalmers, Scottish born who came to Hong Kong in 1852 as a missionary. In 1859 he moved to the Canton Mission where he stayed for twenty years before returning to Hong Kong. He compiled a number of dictionaries, wrote several essays and made translations. Cordier BS 1743.

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Book number: 121334

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china. chine, kina, chinese, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, cantonese, pekinese, mandarin

CHAMBERS, ROBERT:

Tracings of Iceland & The Faroe Islands. London and Edinburgh, Printed by W. and R. Chambers,1856.

. Pp. (iv), 85. With frontispiece, a vignette and two maps in the text. As issued in original green glossed paper wrapper, printed in black, lightly rubbed. Old ownership signature on front wrapper. Rare, first separate edition of a geological treatise.Chambers was a noted scientific geologist, mainly known for his "Vestiges of the Natural history of Creation" (1844), a speculative work on natural history. He carried out geological surveys during his travels in Scandinavia and Canada. This work devoted to Iceland and the Faroe Islands was originally published in Chamber's Edinburgh Journal in the previous year. It was translated into Danish in 1855. Fiske I:86.

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Book number: 121325

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, iceland, island, icelandic, europe, european, travel, exploration, geology, geological,

CHANCE, LULU MAUD:

Bradley's Straight Line Picture Cut-Outs. Japanese Village. Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley Co., ca 1920.

. Folio. Complete, unused set of eight printed leaves on heavy paper with cut-out figures, one colour plate and one printed instruction leaf. Some with small tears or chipped at corners, but overall it's well-kept. Housed in the original colour decorated envelope, chipped along edges. (Size: 38 x 29.5 cm). Bradley produced a series of village models for children which showed the people of a particular country and the houses they lived in.

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Book number: 121339

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, game, children, juvenile,

NIAN CHANG [NIEN TCH'ANG]:

Fo tsou li tai t'ong tsai. [In Japanese: Busso rekidai tsusai]. 18 volumes. Kyoto 1649.

. Complete in 18 volumes. With text in Japanese printed on double leaves folded in the oriental manner. As issued in original paper wrappers with title labels. Some wear and stain to covers. One volume has damage to front cover (slight loss of title label) and first 12 leaves torn with only marginal loss. A Japanese edition of a Chinese historical biography of Buddhist patriarchs.

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Book number: 35178

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, buddhism, religion, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

CHANGUION, FRAN‚OIS NICOLAS / KNÖS, GUSTAF:

Hypomnemata de imperio ... Tchong-Koué graecis atque romanis serico vocato. Praeside Dr. Gustavo Knös. Upsala, exc. Regiae Academiae Typographi, 1823.2015.06.05

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 26. Sewn as issued, uncut. Includes a letter by Carl Peter Thunberg to Changuion "Nobilissimo respondenti". Cordier BS 1917. Löwendahl 1520. Marklin p. 67.

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Book number: 34068

Catalogue: East Asia

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

CHARMES, GABRIEL:

Une ambassade au Maroc. Deuxième édition. Paris, Calmann Lévy, éditeur, 1887.

. Pp. (iv), iv, 343, (3). Decorative paper covered boards. Charmes participated in a mission headed by M. Féraud, French Ambassador to the Sultan at Fez. This narrative was originally published in the "Rev. des Deux Mondes" in June 1886. Playfair 1760.

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Book number: 27012

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, africa, afrika, africana, afrikana, maroc, morocco, marocko, fez, marocco, afrique, travel, travels, exploration, exploring

CHARPENTIER DE COSSIGNY, JOSEPH FRANCOIS:

Charpentier Cossignys resa till China. Stockholm, R. Carl Schiöström, 1803.

. Pp. (vi), 180, (1). Slightly later half cloth on marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, small hole to front joint. Old ownership signature. Occasionally some minor staining. Scarce Swedish translation of "Voyage à Canton" 1799. Cf Cordier BS 2105.

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Book number: 45008

Catalogue: East Asia

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

CHASE, DORMER AUGUST:

Anglo-Burmese Hand-Book, or Guide to a Practical Knowledge of the Burmese Language. Revised by F.D. Phinney. Rangoon, American Baptist Mission Press, 1890.

. Pp. 209. Original blue cloth, rubbed, remains of old label on spine. Old Asian stamp on title page. Some browning. Copy belonging to the German sinologist Albert von Le Coq with his bookplate. Second edition (first Maulmein 1852) which was revised and rewritten by F.D. Phinney who states in the preface that he has altered the style of the work and "rewritten the Romanized Burmese words as closely as possible in accordance with the Hunterian system". Cordier BI 349.

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Book number: 32122

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, birma, asia, asien, asiatic, asie, language, langue, linguistic

LE CHEVALIER, JEAN BAPTISTE / BERGSTEDT, ERIK (Transl.):

Resa till Propontiden och Svarta Havet. Three volumes. Stockholm 1802-05.

. Pp. (xx), 5-275; (vi), 256 (2); (ii), 329, (1). With seven engraved maps, of which one large of Constantinople, and seven aquatint engraved plates. Some staining, a few plates are soiled and some with tear at margin. Half calf, spines with four raised gilt bands and lettered in gilt. A Swedish version of "Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont Euxin" (Paris 1800), translated by Bergstedt and with his comments and addendum. Includes additional descriptions of Smyrna, the Troad, the islands of Zea, Tenedos, Myteline, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, etc, and the ruins of Miletus and Ephesus. Includes Dallaway's descriptions of the Bosporus and Constantinople and a translation of Orpheus' poem about "the Argonautic train". References from works by Peyssonnel, D'Ohsson and William Eton have been used. The translator, Bergstedt, was a Swedish diplomat who travelled extensively to Egypt, Constantinople and Greece between 1794 and 1797. The first part contains mainly his own travel account. Cf Atabey 697.

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Book number: 99992

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkey, greece, greek, turkish, asia, asie, asien, levant, europe, european, travel, exploration, voyage,

CHÉZY, ANTOINE-LÉONARD (Ed.) / [KALIDASA]

[...] La reconnaissance de Sacountala, drama sanskrit et practit de Calidasa, publié pour la première fois, en original, sur un manuscrit unique de la Bibliothèque du roi. Accompagné d'une traduction française, de notes philologiques, critiques et littéraires, et suivi d'un appendice. Paris, a la librairie orientale de Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1830.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), xxxii, 268, Sanskrit text pp. (iv) + 166, Notes pp. 122, Appendice pp. 100. With one folding lithographed plate in sepia. Engraved dedication to Le Baron Silvestre de Sacy (Chézy's teacher). Contemporary silk covered boards, somewhat rubbed. Occasionally some light foxing or staining. Chézy's magnus opus and editio princeps of Shakuntala (in the Bengali recension) with a French translation together with the correspondence episode from the Mahabharata in the appendix. The Hindu story of Shakuntala is told in the epic Mahabharata, considered the best of Kalidasa's works. Kalidasa was a Sanskrit poet and dramatist widely regarded as the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. Much of his life is unknown but it's believed he lived in the 5th century.Antoine-Le—nard de Chézy (1773-1832) was a French orientalist, pupil of Silvestre de Sacy, who became a pioneer of Sanskrit in Europe. He was an Arabic and Persian scholar who taught himself Sanskrit from the manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale. He was appointed the first professor of Sanskrit at the Collège de France (first of its kind in Europe). Today he is almost forgotten and overshadowed by his talented students Eugène Burnouf, Franz Bopp and Othmar Frank to mention a few. Ref: G. Pollet: "Indian Epic Values: Ramayana and its Impact" Leuven 1995. Pp. 117.

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Book number: 120357

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, inde, indian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, literature, langue, linguistic, religion, sanskrit

YANAGI CHIKAMATSU:

Sh›zoku Zushiki. (Clothes of the Japanese Imperial Court). Two volumes. [Kyoto] Tomikura Tahe Kanko, 1692.

. Lvs 32 + 31. With numerous illustrations throughout accompanied with descriptions in Japanese, woodblock-printed. As issued with double leaves folded in the Japanese manner. Original blue blind pressed paper wrappers, title labels, worn. An important study of the history of the Japanese court costumes including illustrations of robes, caps, hats, belts, swords, fans, shoes, etc. First edition.Provenance: Belonged to Tanak Chiyo (1906-99), a famous fashion designer. In addition a stamp of Nihon Daigaku Kenkyujo (Nihon University).

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Book number: 120483

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, costumes, clothes, design, travel, exploration

CHIKANOBU, YïSHó (HASHIMOTO):

"Jidai-Kagami". (Mirror of the Ages). Tokyo, Matsuki Heikichi, Meiji 29-30 (1896-7).

. Folio. Size: 24.8 x 17.8 cm. Leporello-folded album containing 53 pages. With fifty woodcut printed plates, decorated title, index and one additional woodcut page. Text in Japanese. Original silk covered boards, rubbed. Housed in modern cloth folder. Exceptionally beautiful work illustrating women's hairstyles and fashion from the 14th to the late 19th century. Each image depicts a woman with an impeccable hairstyle, make-up and elaborate clothes that are typical of the chosen period. At the top of each page is a picture showing fragments of well-known manuscripts, prints or paintings that are recognizable from each era. All signed Yôshû Chikanobu. The quality of the printing is outstanding. A detailed list of each image is available upon request.Chikanobu (1838-1912) was trained in the Kano school but later changed direction to printmaking. He became one of the leading ukiyo-e artists of his time. Chikanobu used the flat planes and decorative pattern of the ukiyo-e tradition for striking effect, adding luminous colours, especially red, purple, and blue to his compositions. He designed across all genres, from kabuki actors and beauties to military exploits of past and present. In the 1880s, with a new wave of nationalism evoking the past, new designs were created to explore traditional Japanese culture, ethics and heroes. Chikanobu is often called a retrograde modernist, someone whose art works are positioned between old and new. In these prints you can find the longing for the past but still they are unmistakably modern and of their time. Chikanobu creates an outstanding work of absolutely the highest print quality. Rare to find complete.

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Book number: 121268

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, Japan, japon, japanese, asia,asie, asien, asiatic, fashion, mode, woodcuts, illustrations, ukiyo-e, nishiki-e, XPU

CHURCH, PERCY W.:

Chinese Turkestan with Caravan and Rifle. London, Rivingstones, 1901.

. Pp. xii, 207. With engraved frontispiece, one folding map and 24 photographic illustrations. The photos of the Yarkand country were taken by Captain Deasy. Publisher's decorated cloth, light wear to extremities. A narrative of Church's travels through Turkestan in 1899-90 together with his friend J.V. Phelps. The aim of the journey was to try and shoot the Altai Wapiti, the great stag of the Tian Shan, ibex and roe deer. The route taken included Leh, Yarkand, Aksu, Shatta, Kuldja, and Khotan. Cordier BS 2863. Yakushi (1984) C115.

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Book number: 20010

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, asia, asiatica, asien, asie, orient, east, Central Asia & India, india, indian, travels, voyages, explore, exploration, china, chine, kina, turkestan, travel, exploration, turkistan,

B®CKSTRÖM, ANTON:

Ett besök i Japan och Kina jemte bilder från vägen dit öfver Goda-Hoppsudden, Bourbon, Nya Kaledonien, Manilla och Kokinkina. Stockholm 1871.

. Pp. viii, 391. With frontispiece, 8 tinted lithographs, 15 full page woodcut plates and many more illustrations in the text. Original pictorial red cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed, spine ends chipped. Publisher's stamp. First edition. Baeckström spent three years in the service of the French Navy and participated in this expedition to the Far East from April 1867 to February 1870. The voyage went via the Cape, Bourbon, New Caledonia, to Manilla, Cochinchina, Japan, China, and stopped in Singapore before it returned to Europe. References Japan on pages 177-340 (Nagasaki, Yokohama, Edo, Kamakura, Kobe, Osaka). Cordier BS 2132 & BJ 628. Löwendahl 1398.

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Book number: 777041

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, china, cochinchina, the philippines, japon, japanese, chine, cohinchine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage, far east, east, eastern,

CLARIS DE FLORIAN, JEAN PIERRE:

Historiskt utkast om morerne i Spanien. Stockholm, A. Nordström, 1814.

. Pp. 152. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. Some spotting. A Swedish translation of "Précis historique sur les Maures d'Espagne". Scarce.

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Book number: 27054

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, spain, morer, Maures, mores