RETZIUS, GUSTAF (Transl.) & WELCKER, HERMAN:

Om den konstgorda missbildningen af de kinesiska qvinnornas fötter. (About the artificial deformity of Chinese women's feet). Stockholm 1872.

. Pp. 4. With two illustrations. Uncut, unbound. Retzius' translation of Welcker's work on the deformity of Chinese women's feet published in Archiv für Anthropologie., Band IV, 1870). Offprint from Hygiea, a Swedish medical journal.

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Book number: 121074

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RIBAUD, MICHEL:

Un été au Japon Boréal. Japonais et Ainos dans le Yeso (Hokkaido). Paris, Delhomme et Briguet, éditeurs, 1897.

. Pp. 318. With 50 illustrations in the text. Uncut, unopened copy in original printed wrappers. The wrappers are stained and have been repaired. Not in Cordier or Nipponalia.

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Book number: 43046

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RICCI, MATTEO / TRIGAULT, NICOLAS (Ed.):

Histoire de l'expedition chrestienne au royaume de la Chine entreprinse par les peres de la Compagnie de Iesus, comprinse en cinq livres, esquels est traicté fort exactement et fidelement des moeurs, loix, & coustumes du pays, & des commencemens tres-difficiles de l'Eglise naissante en ce Royaume. Lille, de l'imprimerie de Pierre de Rache, 1617.

. Small 4to. Pp. (xxiv), 423, 428-559, (5) table. Text complete. With title printed in red and black. Narrow margins. Rebound with old paper boards, new calf spine with five raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt. Text partly browned due to the paper quality. Second French edition, translated by David Florice de Riquebourg-Trigault, nephew of Nicolas and physician to the count of Nassau. First published in Latin titled "De Christiana expeditione apud sinas suspecta ab Societate Jesu", Augsburg 1615. This important work on China is based on the journal kept by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci during the time he served in the country (1582-1610). When Ricci arrived in 1582 in Macau, China was still closed to outsiders, but he learned the language, acquired knowledge about the country, and was able to go beyond cultural barriers which gave him entrance to the interior of country. He discovered that Chinese culture was strongly intertwined with Confucian values and therefore used existing Chinese concepts to explain Christianity. Ricci's manuscript was brought back to Europe by his successor Trigault, who translated it into Latin and also changed many passages of the journal and augmented it with information based on several Portuguese missionary reports. Cordier BS 810. Löwendahl Supplement, 1558.

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ROBERTSON-SCOTT, J.W.:

The People of China. Their Country, History, Life, Ideas, and Relations with the Foreigner. London 1900.

. Small 8vo. Pp. xii, 193. With one large folding map. Contemporary half calf, spine with five raised bands, richly gilt. First edition. Cordier BS 106.

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Book number: 99441

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ROCHER, ÉMILE:

La province chinoise du Yün-nan. Two volumes. Paris, E. Leroux, 1879-80.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (xvi), 286, (1); (iv), 291, (1). With three folding large maps and 8 full page illustrations. As issued, uncut in original printed yellow wrappers, nicely restored and reinforced. First edition. According to the preface this journey was arranged as a follow up to Jean Dupuis' previous explorations of the Red river. The first volume of the work treats the journey from Hankow to Yunnan describing the various provinces along the route. The second part is mainly devoted to the Panthay rebellion in Yunnan but gives also information about local procedures of minerals including a list of the most productive mines in the province, classified by departments. Cordier BS 1362.

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RÖTTGER, EBERHARD HERMAN:

Thien, Ti, Hoih. ... Himmel, Erde, Brüderschaft. Geschichte der Brüderschaft des Himmels und der Erden der communistischen Propaganda China's. Der Ertrag ist für den Missions-Verein für China bestimmt. Berlin, In commission bei Wilhelm Hertz, 1852.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. 16. Including one full page illustration. Orignal printed wrappers, small splits at spine ends. Ex libris stamp (Axelio R. Spoof). Röttger was a Dutch missionary serving in the East. Cordier BS 1895.

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Book number: 100602

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SAKAI, SUTEHIKO (Ed. & Publ.):

Self Guide for Travellers in Japan. Published by Shuseido, Tokyo Meiji 20 (1887).

. A large folding map (70 x 60.5 cm) printed in colours covering the middle part of Japan (from Tsu in Mie prefecture to Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture). A detailed map printed in Japanese, towns also printed in English. Some small repairs on verso, nicely done. Housed in original printed folder with a tie, lightly rubbed. Overall a very attractive and easily accessible map done for tourists. Price on the cover in red was 30 sen (!) in 1887. Edited by Sakai Sutehiko of an ex-samurai family of the Mito clan.

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Book number: 120377

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SAKUMA, N.:

An Intermediate Japanese-English Dictionary for Assisting Students in Conversation and Composition. Tokyo, Ikubunsha & Osaka, Sekibunsha, 1904.

. Tall 16mo. Pp. (viii), 1180. Original green cloth, printed and lettered in black and gilt, somewhat rubbed. This charming dictionary is listing the Japanese phonetic words alphabetically then giving the Kanji and / or Hiragana characters and the English equivalent. Cordier BJ 699.

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Book number: 32050

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[JAPAN - MUSIC]. SAWADA, R.:

Genroku hanami odori. Nagauta - music. Piano solo. + AND: YAMADA, KOSCAK: Rokudan (Koto music) Transcribed for piano. Two volumes. Published by Jujiya Gakkiten, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 1928 & 1930.

. Folio. (30 x 22.5 cm). Pp. 8 + 8. As issued loose leaves in original coloured pictorial wrappers. Jujiya Gakki-Ten was founded in 1874 as Japan's first western musical instrument shop, today operating as a flute and harp salon in Ginza, Tokyo.

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Book number: 120232

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SAWADA, SÍZAN (SEIICHIRÍ) (Ed.):

Sekai mony sh ("Collection of world patterns") Kyoto, Yamada Naosabur› [Uns›d›], Taish› 4 (1915)

. Leporello-folded album with thirty colour woodblock-printed illustrations. Title and colophon in Japanese. Original decorated boards, rubbed, mainly along edges. The plates depict classical motifs such as hieroglyphs and cuneiform from Egypt, Assyria, Persia and Greece. Several of the illustrations recreate old motifs from murals and ceramics. The editor Sawada S›zan (or Seiichir›) was a famous Japanese potter and designer who developed works full of originality. He belonged to a well-known group of Kyoto potters (including Kiyomizu Rokubei) who distinguished themselves through very fashionable and high-quality work. Some browning and light staining, partly slight discolouration, a few tears to gutters, marginal staining to two plates (20 and 28). Binding slightly shaken. Rare.

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Book number: 121357

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SCHLEGEL, GUSTAAF:

(Chinese title) Mai yu lang toœ tchen hoa kouei. Le vendeur-d'huile qui seul possède la reine-de-beauté, ou splendeurs et misères des courtisanes chinoises. Roman chinois traduit pour la première fois sur le texte original. Leiden & Paris, 1877.

. Pp. xviii, 140 + pp. 82 with Chinese text + (2). One leaf (half title) loose. Modern half calf, original printed wrappers with bound. A famous Chinese novel translated into French by Gustaaf Schlegel, a renowned Dutch sinologist. Cordier BS 1769. Löwendahl Supplement 1837.

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Book number: 120953

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SEIDEL, AUGUST:

Praktische Grammatik der Japanischen Sprache für den Selbstunterricht. Mit Lesestücken, einem systematishcen Wörterbuch und 10 Schrifttafeln. Wien, Hartleben's Verlag, no date (about 1910).

. 12mo. Pp. viii, 198, (2). With 10 plates with characters. Orignal cloth, printed in black. Old ownership signature on free front endpaper. Included in "Die Kunst der Polyglottie". Not in Zaunmüller.

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Book number: 777029

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SEIKICHIRÍ, GOTÍ:

Kami no Tabi (Paper Journey). Tokyo, Bijutsu ShuppanshaShowa 39 (1964).

. Large oblong folio (33.5 x 44 cm). Seventy-four double folded leaves bound in the fukuro-toji style. Twelve washi paper samples tipped in. Text in Japanese. Illustrated throughout in the katazome stencil technique on handmade paper. As issued in decorated washi paper covers. Housed in original folder with clasps and the original cardboard box (with some wear). Limited edition of 300 copies (no. 34).Tesuki Washi or handmade Japanese paper was introduced from China to Japan in 610 AD from Korea and has since been a part of Japanese culture. This is a spectacular work on paper production in Japan, its history and various manufacturing sites, accompanied by superb stencil-dyed prints made by Got›. Seikichir› Got› (1898-1989) was an artist, scholar and a master of the katazome technique. He was the foremost scholar of Japanese paper making in the post-war era. Contains information on many of the now extinct papers and paper manufacturers. In lovely condition.

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Book number: 121447

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SEISEN, YOSHII (Artist) [Kimono designs]:

Hana Tsuma. Matsuya Gofukuten Ishobu Kensyyo Moyo. Kyoto, Uns›d›, 1908.

. A large-format album (33.5 x 23.5cm) with one hundred beautiful kimono designs, sparsely decorated, woodblock-printed in vivid colours, protected by tissue-guards (slightly darkened). Printed Japanese captions. Contains 52 leaves including title and colophon. Four leaves with small marginal tear and two leaves with minor hole. The leaves are folded in the traditional Japanese fashion. Bound in the original decorated silk-covered wrappers, worn and stained, with some loss of silk. Title label on upper cover, small loss of one character.This impressive zuan-ch› (design) book was produced by Matsuya Clothing Store (predecessor of Matsuya Department Store). Consisting of various award-winning design entries in a competition organised by them. The patterns depicting flowers and plants are very refined and sophisticated. Fine impressions and colours. The first twelve designs are captioned as January - December, and the remaining numbered 13 to 100. Issued by the famous publishing house Uns›d› in Kyoto.

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Book number: 121365

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SEKKA, KAMISAKA:

Miyako no omokage: Betsu k› ky›zome : (Faces of the Old Capital). Kyoto, Tanaka Jihe, Meiji 23 (1890).

. 8vo size (24 x 16.5 cm). Complete with 27 leaves, double folded in the Japanese fashion. Comprises fifty-four coloured wood cut plates. Bound in the fukuro-toji style. Original wrappers, rubbed and soiled, title label on front cover, with some loss. First few leaves with some staining at lower margin, otherwise a very good copy.First edition of Kamisaka Sekka's first work of a series of design manuals (zuan-ch›). Towards the end of the 19th century, this kind of design book became very popular in Kyoto, centre of the leading Japanese textile design and production as well as of printing. The books themselves were made by skilled artists who made the woodblocks, and hand-printed the sheets. Kamisaka Sekka was one of Japan's leading artists and designers at this time. He became known for his courageous and visually dynamic designs. He initially worked in the traditional Rinpa style, a Japanese genre based on nature which emerged in the early 17th century, evolving in the early 20th century into the Neo-Rinpa style. A scarce, well-preserved design manual created by "the father of Japanese modern design".

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Book number: 121509

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