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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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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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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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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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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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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