Author: THOM, ROBERT (Transl.):
Title: ... Wang Keaou Lwan Pih Neen Chang Han or The Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaou Lwan Wang, a Chinese Tale: Founded on Fact. Translated from the Original by Sloth. Canton, Canton Press Office, 1839.
Description: . Small 4to. Pp. viii, 66. Without the last blank leaf. With one plate "lithographed at Canton 1839" reproducing a Chinese woodcut. Title page with repair but no loss of text. Some minor staining. Rebound in paper-covered boards. First edition in English. A translation of a tale from the Ming anthology "Jingu Qiguan" (astonishing things from past and present) published around 1640. Includes an interesting introduction by the translator. Robert Thom came to China in 1834 and worked for some years with Jardine Matheson & Co. at Canton. He dedicates this work to William Jardine, James Matheson and Henry Wright. Thom was the official linguist during the First Opium war and participated as translator through the treaty negotiations at Nanking. In 1843 he was appointed British consul at Ningbo. Cordier BS 1768. Löwendahl 1752. Lust 1103.

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