[NORTH ASIA]. PALMBLAD, VILHELM FREDRIK: (Editor):

Handbok i physiska och politiska, äldre och nyare geographien. 1:1-2. Inledning till Asien. Hög Asien + Inledning till Hög-Asien (slutet). Korea. Mantschuriet. Mongoliet. Turfan eller Lilla Bukhariet. Tibet. Two volumes. Upsala, Palmblad & Co., 1826-27.

. Pp. xii, (x), 300, (2); (xii), 301-686, (2). With one coloured folding map taken from Stieler's Handatlas. Uncut copy in original wrappers, labels and title in manuscript on spines. With some staining throughout. A Swedish manual of geography. The first part deals with the introduction to Asia and the second covers North Asia including Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan and Tibet. Palmblad planned to publish at least twenty volumes covering the whole world. However, only five volumes were published. SWIM 27:450 & 27:463. Holmberg p. 98-99.

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PASIO FRANCESCO / COUROS, MATTEO DE / RODRIQUES, JOåO GIRAM:

Tre lettere annue del Giappone de gli anni 1603, 1604, 1605, e parte del 1606. Mandate dal P. Francesco Pasio v. prouinciale di quelle parti al M.R.P. Claudio Acquauiua generale della Compagni di Giesu. Milano, Appresso Pietro Martire Locarni, 1609.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 313, table (25). Contemporary vellum, recased with new endpapers, ugly stain to lower cover, and a minor stain to front cover. Outer margin of first three leaves nicely restored without any loss of text. At end upper right corner creased and some leaves strengthened, no text loss. Last few leaves with some minor marginal stain. Old ownership inscription on title. Second edition, first was published in Rome 1608. Comprises three rare letters sent from Japan by Jesuit missionaries to Claudio Acquaviva, superior general of the Jesuit Society in Rome. Father Francesco Pasio served in Japan between 1583 and 1612. The first letter is written by Matteo de Couros dated Nagasaki October 6, 1603. He was a Portuguese missionary, born in 1568 and left for Japan in 1586 where he served for many years. In the letter he describes the hardships of the Christians in Japan at that time, the opposition and persecution of the Tokugawa shogunate. The other two letters, also written in Nagasaki, are written by Giovanni Rodriquez Giron (1583-1633). He resided in Japan for many years and became a significant missionary who developed a deep insight into the Japanese mentality and language. Cordier BJ 251. De Backer-Sommervogel vi, 328. & clns 1578/9 & 1970. Leon Pages, Bibl. Japonaise, 108.

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PAUL, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN:

Old Chinese Embroideries. A brief explanation of their symbolism. New York, Kwong Yuen & Co., (1929).

. Small 8vo. Pp. 15. With illustrations in the text. Original red and yellow decorated wrappers. A charming leaflet about various symbols in Chinese embroidery.

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PAUTHIER, G. & BAZIN:

Chine Moderne ou Description Historique, Geographique et Littéraire de ce vaste empire, d'après des documents Chinois. 2 parts in 1 vol. Paris 1853.

. Pp. 675. With 16 engraved plates (a few slightly stained) and one folding engraved plan of Peking (strengthened). Original decorated boards. ( L'Univers x). Cordier BS 87.

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PAUTHIER, JEAN-PIERRE-GUILLAUME:

L'Inscription syro-chinoise de Si-ngan-fou, monument nestorien élevé en Chine l'an 781 de notre ére, et découvert en 1625. Texte chinois accompagné de la prononciation figurée, d'une version latine verbale, d'une traduction française de l'Inscription et de commentaires chinois auxquels elle a donné lieu, ainsi que de notes philologiques et historiques. Paris, librairie de Firmin Didot frères, fils et Ce, 1858.

. Pp. iii-xvi, (ii), 3-96 (series title missing). With one large folding engraved plate "l'inscription syro-chinoise de Si-ngan-fou". Contemporary quarter green morocco on marbled boards, worn, upper hinge cracked. Copy of Li Shaobai (Ly Chao-pée), one of the first Chinese to teach Chinese in France, with his signature on title. The Nestorian stele was erected in A.D. 781 in Xi'anfu and buried in 845 probably during religious suppression. It was rediscovered in 1625 by the Jesuits proving that the Christian religion had already made its entry into China several centuries earlier. The stele with text in both Chinese and Syriac describes the existence of Christian communities in several places in northern China. Cordier BS 776-7. Löwendahl 1796.

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[PRÉMARE, JOSEPH HENRY MARIE DE] / PAUTHIER, JEAN-PIERRE-GUILLAUME:

Lettre inédite du P. Prémare sur le monothéisme des Chinois. Publiée avec la plupart des textes originaux, accompagnés de la transcription d'un mot-à-mot et de notes explicatives. Paris, Benjamin Duprat, 1861.

. Pp. (ii), 55. Unopened copy in original printed wrappers. Title page restored at inner margin with tape. The letter had not previously been published. Colophon: "Versailles, imp. de Beau; extrait des cahiers de février et mai, du tome III (5e série), des Annales de philosophie chrétienne". Cordier BS 919. Löwendahl 1808.

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PFIZMAIER, AUGUST:

Woerterbuch der japanischen Sprache. Erste lieferung (all published). Wien, in commission bei C. Gerold & Sohn, gedruckt bei den P.P. Mechitharisten, 1851.

. 4to. Pp. xii, 80 + 79 plates depicting different Kanji and Kata-kana characters. Sewn as issued, uncut, in original printed wrappers. First edition of this German - Japanese dictionary which gives the Kanji (Chinese) character together with the Katakana sound followed by the German and English translation together with the Japanese synonym. Pzifmaier (1808-1887) was a prolific translator of Japanese works into German. Only this first part was published (ending with Ittan and Ittai resp.) due to limited commercial success. The Oriental characters are finely executed by the wellknown printing-office of the Mechitharists. Alt-Japan-katalog 1142. Wenchstern i, 78. Zaunmüller 212.

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Book number: 24070

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PINNEO, TIMOTHY STONE:

Keio Gijuku tohuhon. Pineo-shi genpan eibunten chokuyaku (Keio Gijuku textbook. English Grammar). Tokyo, Shokodo, 1870.

. Pp. 71. Text in English throughout. With Japanese title on yellow paper and last leaf in Japanese with colophon: Kankyo, Meiji 3, réimprimé avec l'autorisation du gouvernment dans la collection manuels de l'université Keio Gijuku. Leaves folded in the oriental fashion. Bound in Japanese decorated paper.

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PIRY, A. THÉOPHILE:

Paraphrase du Saint Edit dans le dialecte de Péking par Théophile Piry. No place 1882.

. Small folio. Lvs (60). Contemporary quarter calf, red title label lettered in gilt on upper cover, worn. Front end papers loose. A paraphrase of the "Sacred Edict" (Sheng-yü kuang-hsün), a set of moral and governmental instructions executed in the 17th century. It comprises 16 moral maxims which can be regarded as the basic laws of China during the Ch'ing dynasty. Originally written by the Kang-hsi emperor (1662-1722) and later on extended by his son and successor the Yung-cheng emperor (1723-1735). Théophile Piry (1880-1915) arrived in China in 1870 and is mainly known for having introduced the modern postal service in China in 1911. Not in Cordier.

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PIRY, A. THÉOPHILE:

Le Saint Edit. étude de littérature chinoise préparée par A. Théophile Piry, du Service des Douanes Maritimes de Chine. Shanghai, Bureau des Statistiques, Inspectorat Général des Douanes, 1879.

. 4to. Pp. xx, 317, (3) + one folding table "Caracteres du Saint Edit" (loose). Publisher's blue full calico on boards, blindstamped decorated frames, gilt-stamped title in Chinese characters on upper cover. A French edition of the revised version of the "Sacred Edict" (Sheng-yü kuang-hsün), a popular text book for the improvement of manners in China. It contains 16 moral maxims which can be regarded as the basic laws of China during the Ch'ing dynasty. Originally written by the Kang-hsi emperor and later on extended by his successor the Yung-cheng emperor. Cordier BS 1427.

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DU PONCEAU, PETER STEPHEN & MORRONE, JOSEPH & DE LA PALUN:

A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, in a Letter to John Vaughan, esq ... To which are Subjoined, a Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese Language by Father Joseph Morrone, R.C. Missionary at Saigon, ... And a Cochinchinese and Latin Dictionary, in Use Among the R.C. Missions in Cochinchina. Philadelphia, for the American Philosophical Society, 1838.

. Pp. (ii), xxxii, 375, (1). With 10 lithographed plates of Chinese characters. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper label on spine, small notch to upper cover. First edition. ("Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Phil. Society. Vol. ii. "). Cordier BS 1739-40 & BI 2281-82. Löwendahl 926. Lust 982. Vater p.18.

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Book number: 23024

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PRÉMARE, JOSEPH HENRY MARIE DE:

Notitia linguae sinicae. Hongkong, La Société des Missions Étrangères, 1894.

. Pp. 255. Original printed wrappers with some minor staining and chipped along edges. Paper crease in the beginning of the book. De Prémare was a Jesuit missionary who served in Guangxi in the beginning of the 18th century. In 1724 when the Emperor virtually banned Christianity over the Chinese Rites controversy, Prémare had to leave for Guangzhou and later went to Macau where he died in 1739. He became one of the most significant sinologists of his time and his principal work "Notitia linguae sinicae" is considered the most important Chinese grammar in a European language of the time. It explains the rules and usage of the vulgar Chinese language (siao shue) and the style of the written, literary language (wen tschang). The renowned English sinologist James Legge calls it "an invaluable work, which it could hardly be possible to speak in too high terms". (See Catholic Encyclopedia). It was not published until 100 years later in Malacca in 1831. The Ms was sent to Stephanus Fourmont who himself published a grammar, apparently deliberately delaying the publication of Prémare's work. This is a later, also rare edition. Cordier BS 1669. Cf Vater p. 68.

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Book number: 120474

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PRJEVAL'SKIJ, (PRJÉVALSKI), NIKOLAJ MICHAJLOVIC:

Mongolie et Pays des Tangoutes. Ouvrage traduit du russe avec l'authorisation de l'auteur par G. Du Laurens. Paris, Hachette, 1880.

. Large 8vo. Pp. lvi, 336, 339-344 (pag. wrong). With 4 folding maps and 42 woodcut illustrations. Contemporary half calf, corners bumped and top of spine split. First French edition of Prejevalski's narrative of his first expedition to Central Asia during the years 1870-73, first published in Russian in 1875. Includes a preface by E. Delmar-Morgan and an introduction by Henry Yule. Chadenat 4387. Yakushi (1984) P123c.

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Book number: 17005

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RAMSTEDT, G.J.:

Über die konjugation des Khalkha-Mongolischen. Akademische abhandlung. Helsingfors 1902.

. Pp. xvi, 119. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers.

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Book number: 28060

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REED, SIR EDWARD JAMES:

Japan: its History, Traditions, and Religions. With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879. Two volumes. London, J. Murray, 1880.

. Pp. lii, 366; x, 356, adv. 32. With one folding map, 16 full-page engraved plates, of which 8 were engraved in Japan by native engravers after the works of Hokusai. Further more textual illustrations. Publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed. First edition. The author, a distinguished naval architect, visited Japan at the invitation of the Japanese Imperial government. This work treats shinto and buddhism; the descent of the crown; early history and the Tokugawa period; language and literature; foreign relations to Japan; drawing and painting; and of famous places such as: Nagasaki; Osaka; Nara; Kyoto; Isé; Nagoya; Shidzuoka; and Hakone. A fine copy. Cordier BJ 697.

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Book number: 20086

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