WIEGER, LÉON (Transl.):

Folk-Lore Chinois Moderne. Sienhsien, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1909.

. Pp. 422. With parallel text in Chinese and French. With illustrations in the text. Original red silk covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. First published at Paris in 1908. Léon Wieger was a celebrated French Jesuit missionary, medical doctor and sinologist who worked at the Catholic mission in Heijan. Not in Cordier.

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N° du livre: 100601

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, litearture, exploration, travel, langue, linguistic

WILLIAMS, MONIER (Transl.):

Nalopâkhyânam. Story of Nala, an Episode of the Mahâ-Bhârata: The Sanskrit Text. ith a copious vocabulary and an improved version of Dean Milman's translation. Second edition, revised and improved. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1879.

. Pp. xvi, 330, adv. (2). Text in Sanskrit and English. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Bookplate (Staffan Rosén). The Mahâ-bhârata is one of the two great epic poems of the Hindus. Monier Williams, a British orientalist and second Boden professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University (1860-99).

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N° du livre: 121379

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, sanskrit, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, india, inde, indien, language, langue, lingusitic,

WILLIAMS, CHARLES ALFRED SPEED:

Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, an Alphabetical Compendium of Antique legends and beliefs, as Reflected in the Manners and Customs of the Chinese. Beijing, Customs College Press, 1931.

. 4to. Lvs (iv), xxv, 423 printed on rectos only. With 200 illustrations including woodcuts, lithographs, photogravures, coloured plates and hand-coloured prints. Original blue cloth printed in black, slightly rubbed, spine faded. Scarce first edition, limited to 250 copies, signed by the author.This comprehensive and useful handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture has been reprinted many times. It is organised alphabetically and accessible across a variety of fields with thorough explanations of each symbol by the historical origins from which they arose.

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N° du livre: 120657

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

WILLIAMS, CLEMENT:

Through Burmah to Western China. Being Notes of a Journey in 1863 to Establish the Practicability of a Trade-Route Between the Irawaddi and the Yang-tse-kiang. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood, 1868.

. Pp. xvi, adv. 26. With engraved frontispiece, two folding maps (somewhat foxed), five full page engraved plates and nine illustrations in the text. Publisher's cloth, blindstamped and with gilt vignette on upper cover, spine faded with lettering in gilt. Provenance: Colonel Sir John Conway Lloyd (1878-1954) of Dinas, a political reformer and antiquary.First edition. Williams was an assistant surgeon in the 68th Light Infantry and the first British political agent at Mandalay. He was determined to find a practical overland trade-route between Burma and Western China. The first chapter deals with trade and telegraph routes to Western China from Burma. The second chapter contains his diary of the journey up the Irrawaddy from Mandalay to Bhamo, and the return. He describes people and life at Bhamo, particularly of the Chinese, Shans and Kachins and Burmese officials. The illustrations are made after the author's own drawings and photographs. Cordier BI 177. Patricia M. Herbert "Burma" (volume 32 of World Bibliographical Series) item no. 58.

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N° du livre: 100622

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, chinese, chine, kina, asia, asien, asie, burma, burmese, birma, travel, exploration

WYEDA, BUNSAI & AWOKI, TSUNEZABURO:

Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers Around Japan. Osaka, Sûzand›, 1889.

. Small 8vo. With numerous illustrations. Text in Japanese by Ueda Koreaki and captions in English. Coloured title page. Original cloth spine on paper covered boards, colour picture on upper cover. Loose in binding, rusty staples which destroys the paper around the holes, some browning to the text. This is one volume of a series of seven.Deals with central Japan and describes a wide range of important sites, famous lakes, hot springs, waterfalls, temples, shrines, etc. For example, Magome juku and Yoro waterfalls in Mino province, Asama hot springs, Lake of Suwa, Iisaka onsen in Fukushima, Haruna lake and Sawatari Onsen in Gunma prefecture, Tsurugaoka hachiman-gu in Kamakura, Mii-dera temple in Otsu, and Chitosero hotel in Jokojo, Aichi prefecture.

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N° du livre: 121264

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, guide book, illustrated

YAGIHASHI, SHIN (Text) & OOHORI, KAZUHIKO (Photogr.):

[JAPAN - PAPER PRODUCTION]. Ganpi-shi (Ganpi paper) . Tokyo, Arrow Art Works, Showa 52 (1977).

. Oblong folio (42 x 29.5 cm). Comprises eight folders with fourteen paper samples with accompanying text and pictures. As issued in original decorated soft-cover wrappers. Includes an introductory folder with text and one colour plate, and a facsimile of a pamphlet on Ganpi paper originally printed in the Meiji period. Original card folder (with some light foxing) and original card box. First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is no.116.A beautiful presentation of Ganpi handmade paper, a traditional high quality Japanese paper made from the fibre of the plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana. It has a smooth, shiny surface which is resistant to insects and ageing, used for artworks and official documents. This set includes four papers handmade by Abe Eishiro (1902-84), the first Japanese paper-maker to be designated as a National Living Treasure (1968) and an early follower of Yanagi Muneyoshi's Japanese Arts & Crafts Movement. Scarce (No copies in OCLC).

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N° du livre: 120691

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, paper, exploration,

YAMAMOTO, SEKKEI:

Shin Gosho moy› (Imperial Decoration). Five volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Showa 8-9 (1933-4).

. Folio (27 x 41 cm). A complete set of Sekkei's impressive work of Imperial designs. Contains 125 woodblock illustrations (12 x 29.5 cm), opposite pages with fine outline illustrations and Japanese captions. Accordion folded. Original silk decorated boards, in different colours, with printed title label, some minor stain (more to the second volume). Housed in the original paper folders with title labels, publisher's stamps and labels, cotton ties, worn.An impressive work with colourful designs depicting flowers, plants, artefacts, birds, butterflies, etc. Protected by tissue guards (a few missing). Some browning to the paper, mainly offsetting from the guards, gold and silver sprinkles have oxidised. Seems rare, no complete copies at OCLC.Yamamoto Sekkei, renowned artist in Kyoto who practised the traditional art dyeing technique Yûzen and taught Kawarazaki Kodo and others. Yûzen, which originated in the 17th century, is a process using stencils to transfer a design on to fabric, colours added layer by layer inside outlines.

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N° du livre: 121224

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, textile, pattern, woodcut, illustration

MO YAN (GUAN MOYE):

Dafeng (The Gale). Beijing 2015.

. Tall 8vo. Size: 33 x 20,5 cm. Lvs (21) including two blanks, title page, 32 pages of text and 6 woodcut illustrations printed in red colour. Stiched, with leaves folded in the oriental manner. Original blue wrappers, title label on front cover. Housed in a special made cloth folder. First edition, published in a traditional Chinese wood-block printed edition, limited to 274 copies. It is an autobiographical short story by Mo Yan, the celebrated Chinese author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012. The Chinese characters are cut in an unique font used in the work "Caochuang Yunyu" dating from the Southern Song period (1127-79), of which there is only one known example. The font is well proportional, done in an elegant calligraphic style and easy to read. The lovely illustrations are from paper cuts done by the famous paper cutter Deng Hui, and have been transferred to woodblocks by the painter Cui Dezheng.

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N° du livre: 100918

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, literature, novel, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

TADANORI YOKOO :

Complete Tadanori Yokoo. Tokyo, Kodan sha, 1971.

. Pp. 328. Numerous illustrations, of which many in bright colours. Japanese text with one page of introduction in English. Decorated wrappers, some minor wear, in original decorated slip case, lightly rubbed (missing the belly band as usual). First edition. Yokoo Tadanori is one of Japan's most internationally recognised graphic designers and artists. He was born in 1936 in Hy›go prefecture and began his career as a stage designer for an avant-garde theatre in Tokyo. In the 1960s he travelled to India and became interested in mysticism and psychedelia, and he created a unique and entirely original art style. This collection which was exhibited throughout Japan at this time comprises various graphic works, paintings, advertisements, photographs etc. An American edition was published in 1977.

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N° du livre: 120758

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, illustrated,

YONGDEN, APHUR (LAMA):

YONGDEN, APHUR (LAMA): Mipam, the Land of the Five Wisdoms. A Tibetan Novel. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1938.

. Pp. (ix), (3), 340. Publisher's cloth, spine lettered in red, a small stain to spine. Original pictorial non-price clipped dust jacket, some loss to upper margin of covers and spine. First English edition, translated from the original French "Le Lama aux cinq sagesses" issued in 1935. Mipam is a love story taken from old Tibetan folktales with valuable information about Tibetan culture and spiritualism. Very rare.Aphur Yongden (1899-1955), also known as Arthur Alfred Longden, was a Tibetan lama and spiritual teacher. He first met the famous explorer and writer Alexandra David-Néel in a monastery in Sikkim in 1914 and they became travelling companions. Together they reached Lhasa in 1924, and David-Néel became the first Western woman to visit the holy city. She adopted Yongden as her son in 1929. Howgego IV D7. 

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N° du livre: 121501

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, tibet, tibetan, asia, sie, asien, asiatic, literature, novel, exploration

YULE, SIR HENRY (Translator and editor) / CORDIER, HENRI:

Cathay and the Way Thither. Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. New edition, Revised Throughout in the Light of Recent Discoveries by Henri Cordier. Volumes i-iii (of 4). Peking 1942-48.

. Pp. xxiv, 318; xiv, 367; xvi, 270. With some plates and one folding map in pocket of volume two. Original printed wrappers, spines slightly chipped, back cover to volume two loosen. Comprises: 1. Preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route; 2. Odoric of Pordenone; 3. Missionary friars, Rarshiduddin, Pegolotti, Marignolli. A reprint of an edition issued by the Hakluyt Society in 1915, 1913-16 (as second series no. xxviii). Cf Cordier BS 1951 (Vols. i-ii of the Hakluyt Society ed.).

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N° du livre: 35179

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, KINA, CHINESE, CHINE, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, travel, exploration,

YVAN, MELCHIOR:

Kina och kineserne. Iakttagelser öfver kinesernes seder och bruk i religion, lefnadsförhållanden, klädedrägt m.m. Antecknade under sista franska missionen till Kina. Stockholm, J.J. Flodin, 1847.

. Pp. (iv), 64. With 4 plates, of which two partly hand coloured. Uncut copy in modern boards, original printed wrappers withbound. With private stamps. Partly with some foxing. A Swedish abridgement of doctor Yvan's journal written during a French expedition to China in 1842-45. It treats manners and customs, religion, costumes etc. Not in Cordier. Holmberg p.186.

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N° du livre: 22056

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, chinese, asia, asien, asiatic, asie, travel, exploration, explore, kina, chine, voyage,

ZACHERT, HERBERT:

Die Haikudichtung von der Meijizeit bis zur Gegenwart. Tokyo 1937.

. Pp. (iv), 23. With one portrait of Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), known as the father of modern Haiku poetry. Original printed wrappers. Haiku (originally called hokku) is a very short term of Japanese poetry.

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N° du livre: 100305

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, haiku, prosa, liteterature, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

ZILLIACUS, KONRAD VIKTOR (KONNI SENIOR):

Japanesiska studier och skizzer. Helsingfors 1896.

. Large 8vo. Pp. (x), 232, (2). Text in Swedish. With numerous illustrations throughout the text after woodcuts made by Japanese artists. Original colour decorated boards, cloth spine, lightly soiled. (one leaf with 35/6 small marginal hole). First edition, first thousand.A narrative dealing with literature, art and crafts, women, fairy tales, excursions, etc. in Japan. Konrad Viktor Zilliacus (1855-1924) was a Finnish patriot, who spent some years travelling the world as a newspaper reporter. He spent eighteen months in Japan in the 1890s.

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N° du livre: 121165

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

VON ZIMMERMANN, EBERT AUGUST WILHELM:

Det Asiatiska Ryssland. Sthlm 1821.

. 12mo. (IV), 313, (1) pp. With 3 engr. plates. Cont. half calf, top of spine broken. Deals with the Asian part of Russia. ("Jorden och dess invånare IX").

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N° du livre: 15130

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, asia, asien, asie, orient, east, far east, east asia, russia, russie, ferne osten, extreme orient, extreme-orient, russland, ferner osten