FLORENZ, KARL ADOLF (Transl.):

Japanische Dichtungen Weissaster. Ein romantisches Epos. Nebst anderen Gedichten. Zweite Auflage. Leipzig & Tokyo, Hasegawa, ca 1898.

. Large 8vo. (14.5 x 19.1 cm). A beautiful crêpe paper book comprising 48 leaves including covers, bound in the fukuro-toji style with silk ties, spine covered with silk. Original pictorial folder, worn and restored. (Old ownership signature on title). With lovely colour woodcut illustrations by Mishima Yunsoke and Arai Shujiro. Second German edition (first 1895), reprinted several times.

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N° du livre: 120639

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FOSTER, AMY (Mrs Arnold):

Easy Introduction to the ... Study of Chinese Characters. [? Shanghai 1910].

. 16mo. Size: 13.8 x 10.8 cm. Pp. iv, 16. Printed in Roman and Chinese characters. Original stapled grey wrappers, upper cover printed in black, somewhat stained, chipped along edges, and some corrosion around the staples. A little beginner's guide containing about 400 different Chinese characters. Amy Foster was an English missionary serving in Hankow. Rare, not in Cordier.

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N° du livre: 120307

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FRANKE, OTTO:

Kêng Tschi T'u ... Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China. Ein Kaiserliches Lehr- und Mahn - Buch. Aus dem chinesischen übersetzt und mit Erklärungen versehen. Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1913.

. Folio. Pp. viii, 194, (ii). With 102 plates and many illustrations in the text. Comprises three plates with Chinese porcelain, eight plates with facsimile text in Chinese and 91 plates representing rice and silk cultivation, pasted in and with captions in German. Original cloth, rubbed and rebacked with old spine preserved. Red Asian stamps. First edition. A scarce, comprehensive work on the Gengzhitu (Drawings of tilling and weaving). It was originally compiled by Lou Shou in the Song period (1090-1162). Agriculture and silk production held a special place in China and both occupations were regarded as paramount for the well-being of the state. During the Qing period the Kangxi emperor sponsored a revised version of the Gengzhitu edited by Jiao Bingzhen (1696). In this work Franke provides a complete German translation of the Kangxi edition along with his comments. Contains a long introduction that deals with rice and silk production illustrated in Chinese art and literature. ("Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut (XI:8)". Not in Cordier.

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N° du livre: 37018

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Mots-clés: East Asia, chine, chinese, kina, chine, silk, silk production, agriculture, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration

FUJIKAWA, YU:

Geschichte der Medizin in Japan. Kurzgefasste Darstellung der Entwicklung der Japanischen Medizin mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Einführung der europäischen Heilkunde in Japan. Tokyo 1911.

. Pp (ii), 2, (2), 115, (3). With 4 plates including one portrait of C.P. Thunberg (copy of a copperplate by Shuyen Kondo in Nagoya in 1828) and many textual illustrations, mainly portraits of Japanese doctors and physicians. Original boards, cloth spine. A chronology of ancient and medieval medicine in Japan. Includes a good bibliography of Japanese medical works. Published by Kaiserlich-Japanischen Unterrichtsministerium. Garrison-Morton 6404.1.

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N° du livre: 16006

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FUKUBA, TORU [Exhibition catalogue]:

Katalog öfver Fukuba's kollektion af ett hundra Ukiyo-ye-målningar. Stockholm, Bröderna Lagerström, 1911.

. Pp. xvii, (1) + 46 pages with illustrations (from photographs). Sewn as issued. Original decorated wrappers, wrappers. A collection of genre pictures by the most famous artists representing the Ukiyo-e school, exhibited under the name of Toru Fukuba at the Museum of Decorative Art in London in 1910. Some of the artists represented are Issho, Utamaro, Eizan, Kunisada, Hokusai and Hiroshige. The owner of the collection was Yojro Kuwabara. Includes a preface by him. Translated from the English by Gerda Fromell. Cf Cordier BJ 660 (French ed.).

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N° du livre: 14115

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FURUYA, KÍRIN (Ed.):

Bijutsukai [Japanese design magazine]. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Meiji 34 (1901).

. Size: 24 x 16.4 cm. Lvs. (11), folded in the Japanese fashion, printed covers, silk ties. Small paper label on upper cover, printed number on rear cover. Some stain to covers, otherwise in very good condition. Comprises lovely woodcut prints of different designs, all rendered in delicate colours, two highlighted with metallic ink. Early copy of the monthly Japanese magazine, Bijutsukai edited by K›rin Furuya, the famous artist who helped to create a new modern style combining Japanese traditional style with European Art Nouveau.

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N° du livre: 121215

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FURUYA, KÖRIN:

Ky gi s shoku juroku-shiki zufu. (Sixteen traditional ceremonial decorations). Two volumes (Plates and Text). Ky›to, Ky›to Bijutsu Ky›kai, Meiji 36 (1903).

. Plate volume: Oblong folio (36.6 x 24.5 cm), orihon-bound. Pp. (ii), 27, (4). With eighteen hand-coloured woodblock illustrations of ancient ceremonial decorations, of which nine are double-page. Original silk-covered boards, rubbed, silk frayed at edges, title-label and old collection label pasted on front cover. Text by Inokuma Asamaro and woodblocks by Furuya Korin. First edition.A scarce album presenting traditional Japanese interiors published as a commemorative for members of the Kyoto Art Society. The beautiful images depict implements required for traditional Japanese activities, such as coming-of-age, sencha (green tea), a poetry contest, music, theatre and bonsai ceremonies, etc. The illustrations show details of decorative furnishing, costumes, lacquer ware, flowers, masks, instruments, etc. Together with the pamphlet including explanations for the plates.

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N° du livre: 121239

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FURUYA, KïRIN & FUJI, RINDO:

Orimon Zukan [JAPANESE NEO-RINPA DESIGN] Four volumes. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 31 (1902).

. A complete set of a woodblock-printed pattern book richly illustrated with designs and patterns mostly in the Neo-Rinpa style. Comprises 84 leaves with numerous designs beautifully printed, mainly in light and pale colours. Bound in the traditional Japanese fashion. Original paper covers with title hand-written in ink on upper covers. The covers with some staining but internally in fine condition.Furuya Kôrin was the key figure in the development of the Neo-Rinpa style in Japan at this time. The modern design was a combination of the traditional Japanese style and the Art Nouveau ornamental design. Furuya Korin was specialised in creating original woodcuts for this kind of pattern books used in decorative art including textiles, metalwork, carvings and ceramics. Rare, only listed in two western institutions (Cambridge and Cincinnati).

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N° du livre: 120981

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VON DER GABELENTZ, GEORG:

Chinesische Grammatik mit Ausschluss des niederen Stiles und der heutigen Umgangssprache. Leipzig, T.O. Weigel, 1881.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. xxx, 552 including titles in Chinese and German. With 3 plates. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Contains: 1. Einleitung u. Allgemeiner Theil; 2. Analytisches System and ; 3. Synthetisches System. First edition of the best and most complete grammar of Classical Chinese. Besides the analysis of the parts of speech it also gives explanations on their syntactic function (subject, predicate, object, etc) and the structural principles of the language (inversions, modalities). Cordier BS 1679.Added to this copy: "Zur Grammatischen Beurteilung des Chinesischen" by G. von der Gabelentz. (erschienen in Techmers Internationalen Zetschrift für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Band I, Leipzig, 1884, Johann Ambrosius Barth). Comprises 9 pages of typed text.

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N° du livre: 32084

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GAUBIL, ANTOINE / DE GUIGNES, JOSEPH (Translators):

Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. Paris, N.M. Tilliard, 1770.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), cxliv, 474, (2). With 4 engraved plates (redrawn from those presented in the Chinese editions of the Book of Documents as de Guignes found them in the Royal Library). A fine uncut, unopened and crisp copy in contemporary boards, spine worn. This is the first published translation of the Book of Documents (Shu-ching), and also the first of the Five Classics on Confucianism to be translated into an European language. The basis for the translation was a manuscript which had been sent from Peking by Antoine Gaubil. However de Guignes corrected the translation based on the Chinese original which was found in the Royal Library. He also filled in missing pages and added notes. Contains a "Discours préliminaire" including a treatise on the early history of the Chinese written by J.H. Prémare and here amended and commented by de Guignes. Includes also: "Notice du livre chinois nommé Y-king, ou livre canonique des changemens, avec des notes" by Claude Visdelou (pp. 399 - 436). Cordier, BS 1376-1377. Lust 727. Walravens, China illustrata 136.

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N° du livre: 20023

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GAUBIL, ANTOINE / DE GUIGNES, JOSEPH (Translators):

Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. Paris, N.M. Tilliard, 1770.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), cxliv, 474, (2). With 4 engraved plates (redrawn from those presented in the Chinese editions of the Book of Documents as De Guignes found them in the Royal Library). Small piece of paper pasted to half title, to cover library stamp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine preserved, spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt and with title label, hinges cracked, marbled end papers, r.e. This is the first published translation of the Book of Documents (Shu-ching), and also the first of the Five Classics on Confucianism to be translated into an European language. The basis for the translation was a manuscript which had been sent from Peking by Antoine Gaubil. However De Guignes corrected the translation based on the Chinese original which was found in the Royal Library. He also filled in missing pages and extended it with his own notes. Contains a "Discours préliminaire" including a treatise on the early history of the Chinese written by J.H. Prémare and here amended and commented by De Guignes. Includes also: "Notice du livre chinois nommé Y-king, ou livre canonique des changemens, avec des notes" by Claude Visdelou (pp. 399 - 436). Cordier BS 1376-77. Lust 727. Walravens, China illustrata, 136.

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N° du livre: 777059

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Mots-clés: East Asia, china, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, history, confucius, confucianism,

GAUTIER, JUDITH:

The Imperial Dragon. Translated by M.H. Bourchier. Brentano's Publisher (New York), Printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son, The Trinity Press, Worcester,1928.

. Pp. 319. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial dust jacket, small tear at upper spine of the jacket but otherwise an excellent copy. A novel that is an artistic imagination of ancient China originally published in French in 1869. Judith Gautier was a famous French poet, translator and historical novelist. Her translations were among the earliest to attract attention of modern European poets to Chinese and Japanese poetry. Cf. Vicaire III, 879.

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N° du livre: 121291

Catalogue: East Asia

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GESSAI, FUKUI (Ed.):

Chuko Shomeika Gafu (Picture Book of Medieval Masters). Osaka, Aoki K›zand›, ca 1890-1900.

. A collection of six double page exquisite coloured woodblock prints (size: 21 x 53 cm) after paintings by Matsumura Goshun, Maruyama Okyo, Nagasawa Rosetsu and other celebrated artists. The prints are all in mint condition and depict birds, flowers, etc. Each with printed signature, seal and number. Housed in the original paper envelope with coloured decoration and text printed in black (with some tears). This set is included in a series of works by great masters reproduced and edited by Fukui Gessai.

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N° du livre: 120636

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GILBERT, FRIEDRICH ROBERT:

Das ABC der Chinaschrift. Berlin 1926 AND: GILBERT, FRIEDRICH ROBERT: Die Bilderschrift von China und Japan als internationale Weltschrift und ihre schnelle Erlerung nach der Mebiwegal-Methode. Berlin 1924.

. Pp. 92 with German text and Chinese characters + pp. 48. Original printer wrappers.

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N° du livre: 99850

Catalogue: East Asia

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GILL, WILLIAM J.:

Från okända trakter. Resa genom Kina med dess alpländer och östra Tibet till Burma. Stockholm, C. Suneson, 1885.

. Pp. 290. With one folding map. Uncut and unopened copy in original wrappers, printed in red and black, spine ends slightly chipped. A Swedish edition of "The River of Golden Sand; ...", originally published in London 1880. Translated into Swedish by Dr. C.F. Bagge. Contains a survey of river and land routes undertaken in 1876-77 through China and Tibet ending in Upper Burma. Burma, World Bibl. Series, 132. Cordier BI 190-91.

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N° du livre: 777086

Catalogue: East Asia

Mots-clés: East Asia, china, burma, chinese, chine, kina, travel, exploration, tibet, tibetan, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,