MAYERS, SALOMON F.:

Report on a Journey from Peking to Shanghai overland by way of Honan by Mr. S.F. Mayers of Her Majesty's Consular Service in China. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, June, 1898. London, Harrison and Sons, 1898.

. Pp. 16. Original blue printed wrappers, string tie. A report of a journey from Peking to Shanghai partly by horse and partly by boat. The party travelled along a route which they assumed would in the future have a railway connection between Peking and the cities of the central and southern provinces. The report is mainly devoted to agriculture and trade in the various districts. (Diplomatic and Consular Reports. No. 466 Miscellaneous Series). Scarce. Not in Cordier or Löwendahl.

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Book number: 120235

Catalogue: East Asia

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[CHINESE FINE ART EXHIBITION IN SHANGHAI]. / MEIZHAN TEKAN, JIN:

[A catalogue of contemporary art at the National Fine Art Exhibition - Modern Art]. Shanghai 1929.

. Folio. Size: 38 x 26 cm. Lvs (10) with Chinese text + 168 pages with ca 290 reproductions and photos (48 full page) + 6 lvs with intermittent section-caption. Original decorated silk (over paper) covers with stiched Chinese and English titles on upper cover, visible strings, chipped along edges. This catalogue of contemporary art (which appeared as part of a two volume catalogue, the other volume covering ancient art) was issued in connection with the National Fine Art Exhibition at Shanghai in 1929. It was the first officially organized Chinese national art exhibition which took seven years to prepare. The contemporary paintings at the show were divided into a "Western" section including landscape by Liu Haisu, a female nude by Pan Yuliang, modernist figures by Fengmian and Cai Weilian, etc. The "Chinese" section contained paintings ranging from works by well known classicists Gu Linshi, Feng Chaoran, and Wu Hufan, to those of Western influences reformists such as Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren.

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Book number: 100628

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, art, ilustrations, exhibition, exploration,

MOKUBEI, AOKI (ROBEI) / SUKEJIRO, KIMURA (Ed.):

Robei koji fu (Blue and White China Ware). Kyoto, Unsodo Taisho 10, 1921.

. Leporello folded album with delicate blue and white illustrations of Chinese wares, woodblock-printed. Pp. (2), 82. Size: 26.4 x 18.1 cm. Comprising a title in Japanese and 41 double pages of illustrations. Occasionally some minor staining but overall a very good copy. Original brown cloth, title label on upper cover, some light wear at corners. Housed in the original folding case, faded along spine. Aoki Mokubei (1767-1833) was a famous potter and painter of Kyoto. He, along with Okuda Eisen and Nin'ami Dohachi, is credited with reviving Kyoto pottery traditions. He also excelled in painting and Han studies. His pottery work is varied, including porcelain, celadon and Akae ware. He produced a lot of modern green-tea utensils, referred today as "Mokubei style" tea sets. As a result of his commitment to Chinese ceramics, he created a world of his own in making copies of Chinese ware. His representative work "Bokutansai Sansui-zu" and other works have been classified as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Mokubei used numerous other names but Robei was the one he used most. 'Ro' means deaf and 'bei' is from Mokubei. He became deaf from the noise and heat of working near his kiln. Scarce.

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Book number: 121147

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, japanese, japan, japon, porcelain, pottery, design, ming, ceramic, asia, asian, asie, art, design,

MONTELL, GÖSTA / HEDIN, SVEN:

The Chinese Lama Temple Potala of Jehol. Exhibition of Ethnographical Collections. Made by Dr. Gösta Montell, member of Dr. Sven Hedin's Expeditions and donated by Vincent Bendix. Chicago 1932.

. Pp. 64. Illustrated with many photographs of temples, ritual objects, statues etc. Original printed wrappers, front cover decorated in gold, red, blue and black, rubbed, small stain to back cover. Preface by Sven Hedin. This Lama temple commonly known as Potala was found in Jehol, Tibet in 1930 by Gösta Montell and Sven Hedin. It was built by Emperor Ch'ien-lung in the years 1767-71. A replica was made in China and shipped in parts to Chicago where it was included as "the Golden Pavilion" in "the Century of Progress Exhibition" in 1933. Includes various articles about Lamaism by Gösta Montell.

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Book number: 99807

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, chine, kina, hedin, lamaism, tibet, asia, asian, asie, asien, asiatique, exploration, travel, art,

MONTELL, GÖSTA:

T'ou Hu - The Ancient Chinese Pitch-pot Game. Stockholm 1940.

. Pp. 70-83. With illustrations. Original wrappers. Offprint from Ethons, published by the Ethnographical Museum in Stockholm. T'ou Hu was an ancient ceremonial game. "It is quite evident that Picth-pot was an exclusive pastime in the nobel circles and that it was prefected as early as the Chou period" (p. 74). Montell, Swedish ethnographer, participated in Hedin's expedition to Central Asia 1929-33.

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Book number: 100813

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, game, games, play, exploration, travel,

MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT / LAFFAN, WILLIAM M.:

Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelain. Volume one (of two). New York, Privately printed by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Devinne Press, 1904.

. Pp. (xvii), 196. With 77 chromolithographs, protected by tissue guards. Some minor staining. Contemporary morocco, upper edges gilt, covers ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands and titled in gilt, lightly rubbed, front hinge strengthened, silk pastedowns. With old dedication dated 1905 on front endpaper. First edition, limited to 250 copies for private circulation. The catalogue comprises 1115 wares including vases, bowls, plates, cups, teapots, bottles, figures, statues, garnitures, incense burners, etc. They are all well described including measurements and dates. At end an index of cases with key numbers and schematic drawings. The preface is an introduction to the history of Chinese porcelain, its exports to Europe and the difficulties of dating Chinese porcelain. It's written by William M. Laffan. "The collection is the most comprehensive that is known, and it has been described as succinctly and lucidly as appeared possible, and without any technicalities that could be avoided" (preface of second edition). A second edition was published in 1907 (by Stephen Bushell and William Laffan) in connection with an exhibition of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum. That edition only has b/w plates. John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was an American banker and one of the greatest art and book collectors of his time. His son J.P. Morgan Jr. created the Pierpont Morgan Library a public institution in 1924 as a memorial to his father. In 1911 a second volume was published.

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Book number: 121262

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NANCE, FLORENCE RUSH (Born Keiser):

Soochow the Garden City. Shanghai; Hong Kong; Singapore, Kelly & Walsh, Ltd, 1936.

. (viii), 76. With five folding maps and twenty-four halftone photographic plates. Photos by C.H. Wong and A.J. Waller. Original pictorial paper boards with endpapers illustrating maps of Soochow waterways. First edition of this practical guide to Soochow and surroundings. Comprising six different sight-seeing trips and recommendations of attractions and shopping. A lovely copy. Florence Rush Nance had a science degree from Vanderbilt. She married a Methodist missionary and moved to China where she taught at the McTyeire School for Young Ladies in Shanghai and at Soochow University. She died in Shanghai in 1940.

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Book number: 121044

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Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, guide, sight-seeing,

NATT OCH DAG, SVANTE / MELANDER, RICHARD (Ed.):

Jorden rundt under svensk örlogsflagg. Ögonblicksbilder från fregatten Vanadis verldsomsegling 1883-1885. Stockholm, A. Bonniers, 1887.

. Pp. (iv), 184. With frontispiece and many illustrations in the text. Contemporary half cloth, rubbed. Stamps on front endpaper (Krigsarkivet).First edition. A narrative in the form of letters written during the Swedish circumnavigation in the frigate Vanadis in 1883-85. The voyage left Sweden in December 1883 and sailed via Lisabon, Rio de Janeiro,Tahiti, Honolulu, Marshall Islands, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, India, Colombo, and further visited different ports around the Red Sea, passed the Suez and Alexandria, via Malta, and Gibraltar before it reached Stockholm in May 1885. The illustrations are made by Ottilia Adelborg, mostly after photographs. Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana 835. Kroeplein 835. Cf. Forbes, Hawaiian Nat. Bibl. 3863.

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Book number: 100799

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, india, ceylon, bangkok, manila, canton, china, japan, japanese, chinese, kina, honolulu, tahiti, south america, america, americana, pacific, far east, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, voyage, exploration, vanadis

NEUMANN, CARL FRIEDRICH (Translator):

[Zhong-guo Xuetang] Lehrsaal des Mittelreiches. Enthaltend die Encyclopädie der chinesischen Jugend und das Buch des ewigen Geistes und der ewigen Materie. Zum erstenmal in Deutschland herausgegeben, übersetzt und erläutert. München, Wolff, 1836.

. 4to. Front portrait of Confucius, pp. (ii), 45 + 19 with text in Chinese. Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, original printed wrappers bound in. Bookplate. Some minor browning. Ownership signature in ink on titlepage. Contains the "San zi jing" (Three Character Classic) originally compiled in the 13th century and used in teaching at the elementary school. Included is a manuscript titled: "Din 214 Pu, d.i. Klassenzeichen der chinesischen Sprache". Lvs 11 with Chinese text. In addition, our copy has one more manuscript of 13 folding lvs with annotations in Chinese connected to the "Din 214 Pu", and others dealing with the grammar, loosely enclosed in pocket at rear. Cordier BS 1412. Löwendahl 915. Walravens, China Illustrata p. 76.

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Book number: 29119

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NIERSIS CLAJENSIS [NERSES], SANCTI:

Preces sancti armeniorum patriarchae viginti quatuor linguis editae. Venetiis, In Insula S. Lazari, 1837.

. 12mo. Pp. (vi), 434 + add. (ii), 43. With one engraved front portrait. Some light staining towards the end. Contemporary half green morocco, decorated in gilt, g.e., extremities rubbed. A type specimen book containing the prayers of Nerses in 25 different languages. Includes scripts of Armenian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Syriac, Chinese and Aethiopian. First published in 1818, reprinted many times. Printed at the Armenian monastery on the island of S. Lazarus outside Venice. Wetzer ix, 162.

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Book number: 14383

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, armenia, armenian, turkey, turkish, syriac, syria, chinese, china, kina, chine, ethiopia, ethiopian, language, langue, linguistic

NORCOPENSIS (NORDENHIELM), ANDREAS (Pres.) / WOLLIMHAUS (LEIJONSTEDT), ANDERS (Resp.):

De politica orbis asiatici conservatione dissertatio. Uppsala, Henricus Curio, (1676).

. Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 125, (5). Dissertation date entered in ink (16 Febr.) on title. Last ten leaves with marginal stain, title page slightly dusty. Modern paper-covered boards, title label on front cover. The first Swedish thesis dealing with Asia titled "the political preservation of the Asian world". Deals with the Asian empires: the Ottoman, Tartary, Persia, Japan and China. The works cover topics such as religion, politics, war and peace, customs, the liberal arts, etc. Andreas Norcopensis (1633-94), professor in practical philosophy and later Swedish state secretary. Printed dedication to Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. At end a tribute to Wollimhaus by Johannes Schefferus. Very rare.

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Book number: 121491

Catalogue: Asia general

Keywords: Asia general, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ottoman, levant, turkey, japan, china, persia, travel, exploration, sweden, swedish, dissertation

NORDENSKIÖLD, NILS ADOLF ERIK:

Le livre de Marco Polo. Fac-simile d'un manuscrit du XIVe siècle conservé a la Bibliothèque Royale de Stockholm. Stockholm 1882.

. 4to. Lvs (iv) including title and preface + lvs (98) with photolithographic text. Uncut, as issued (some leaves with outer edge darkened). Loose in binding. Original wrappers printed in red and black, spine ends chipped. Housed in a handsome specially made box. Limited edition of 200 copies. Provenance: Ericsberg castle, Sweden. This is a reproduction of a manuscript housed in the Royal Library of Stockholm about Marco Polo's travels. The original is written on vellum in the 14th century (about 1350). It was formerly in the library of Charles V and later acquired by Queen Christina who passed it on to the Royal Library in Sweden.In the introduction Nordenskiöld describes the manuscript at the Royal Library and that he asked the Director of the Library, K. Klemming, for permission to publish a photolithographic facsimile of the manuscript. He includes a letter from Leopold Delisle, Director of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Delisle had reviewed the manuscript during a recent visit to Stockholm and he claims that it is one of five Marco Polo manuscripts that had belonged to king Charles library at the Louvre. He refers to an unpublished letter, probably written in 1364, by a clerk, named Pierre Boyer. Further he writes that in 1411, the commissioners responsible for verifying the condition of the royal book collection at the Louvre found three copies of Marco Polo there. Delisle is sure that the copy in Stockholm is the last of the three copies. Marco Polo (1254-1324) became famous for his travels in Asia, especially his experiences in China. Upon the return to Venice in 1295, he was imprisoned in Genoa for a few years. During this time he dictated his adventures to Rusticiano of Pisa, a fellow prisoner. The text written in Franco-Italic and became known as Il Milione. The original manuscript has been lost but there are still many copies (versions) and translations into various languages of the Marco Polo travels. According to experts there are around 150 copies in existence today. Nordenskiöld, A Finnish-Swedish scientist, best known for being the first explorer to sail through the Northeast Passage on the Vega expedition in 1878-9. See Gaston Raynard, Romani 1882 (42-3) pp. 429-30. Includes a detailed description of various Polo manuscripts housed at different libraries, including the MS copy at Stockholm.

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Book number: 121178

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, travel, exploration, manuscript,

OLEARIUS, ADAM / MANDELSLO, JOHANN ALBRECHT DE:

Relation du voyage d'Adam Olearius en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse, augmentée en cette nouvelle édition de plus d'un tiers et particulièrement d'une seconde partie; contenant le voyage de Jean Albert de Mandelslo aux Indes Orientales. Two volumes. Paris, Antoine Dezailler, 1679.

. 4to. (xxiv), (30), 656, 667-686; (xliv), 135, 138-266, 269-648. Pagination irregular but the text is complete. With seven engraved folding maps (two joined together), two maps with tears without loss. Contemporary full calf, spines with five raised bands richly decorated in compartments, slightly rubbed, head of spine to volume two chipped with small loss. Six leaves with marginal repair in volume one (no text missing), wormholes running through some leaves and minor marginal water staining in the beginning of volume two. Second French edition of these important travel accounts of the first German trading mission to Moscow and Persia, sent by the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.Adam Oelschläger (Olearius), renowned mathematician and German scholar, accompanied the embassy as secretary. He published a comprehensive account of Russia and Persia. Johan Albert Mandelslo was a German adventurer who participated in the same expedition to Isfahan, where he separated from the party and made his way to India. In 1639 he sailed for England calling at Ceylon and Madagascar. Mandelslo's informative account is published posthumously by Olearius. It includes information about South-East Asia, Japan and China. The seven maps are: La Livonie ou Liflande; Moscovie; Le Cours de La Riviere de Wolga; Mariis Caspii ostium ad Wolgam; Mare Caspium siue Hyracanum Persis Kulsum; Maris Caspii alluens Hyrcaniam siue Kilan; and Les Indes Orientales. Cf Cordier BS 2076. Howgego M38.

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Book number: 99406

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, russia, russian, ryssland, persia, persian, persien, far east, east indies, travels, voyage, exploration, madagascar, china, chinese, tartary, ceylon, trade, commerce,

OLLONE, HENRI D' & GIÉBRIANT, JEAN BAPTISTE MARIE BUDES DE:

[LOLO & MIAO] Écritures des peuples non chinois de la Chine. Quatre dictionnaires Lolo et Miao Tseu dressés par le commendant d'Ollon avec le concours de Monseigneur de Guébriant. Paris, E. Leroux, 1912.

. Tall 4to (27 x 21 cm). Pp. 301, table 1, (1). With one map, nine plates and 103 tables in the text. Publisher's quarter calf on marbled paper boards, gilt lettered spine, rubbed, spine faded, hinges starting to crack. First ten leaves with 2 cm marginal tear. Comprises three dictionaries treating the Lolo language and one dictionary of the Miao (Hmongic) language. Cordier, BS, 4031.

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Book number: 121062

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic, hmongic, miao, lolo, yao,

DE ORLÉANS, H.-P.:

Autour du Tonkin. Paris, C. Lévy, 1894.

. Pp. (iv),iv, 654. With one large folding map, 31 plates and maps. Contemporary half morocco on marbled boards, rubbed. Joints weak and top of spine chipped. Second edition. Cordier BI 2437.

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Book number: 18064

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, indochina, indo-china, indochine, indo-chine, vietnam, tonkin, tunkin