[ALEXANDRE, NOèL]:

Apologie des dominicains missionnaires de la Chine. Ou réponse au livre du Père Le Tellier jésuite. Intitulé, Défense des nouveaux chrétiens; et à l'éclaircissement du P. Le Gobien de la même Compagnie, sur les honneurs que les chinois rendent à Confucius & aux morts. Cologne (?), chez les héritiers de Corneille-d'Egmond, 1699.

. 12mo. Pp. 503, table (7) + appendix (Latin text) 196, (6). Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt and with a red title label, bevelled gilt edges, rubbed, hinges weak, tail of spine with some small holes. Rare first edition, and an Italian edition was published in the same year. The appendix has a separate title: "Documenta controversiam missionariorum apostolicorum imperii sinici de cultu praesertim Confucii philosophi & progenitorum defunctorum spectantia, ac apologiam dominicanorum missionis sinicae ministrorum adversus libros R.R. Patrum Le Tellier & Le Gobien Societatis Jesu confirmantia". The Chinese Rites Controversy was an argument between Roman Catholic missionaries about the the religiosity of Confucianism and Chinese rituals during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dominicians and Augustinians in contrast to the Jesuits refused any adaptation to local customs and were horrified by the practices of the Jesuits. Noël Alexandre (1639-1724) was a French Dominician and a renowned professor of theology at Sorbonne. Cordier BS 876-77. De Backer & Sommervogel iii, 1513. Lach & Van Kley (1993:1) p. 386. Löwendahl 228. Lust 854. Walravens (18987), 126 & 127.

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Book number: 120156

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[Canton]

Canton Tourist Guide. Guangzhou. Chinese People's Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Canton Branch, 1965.

. Small 8vo. Pp. Lvs (37). With a coloured map at end and many colour photos in the text. Original cream-coloured paper boards, front wrapper with embossed decoration. Boards lightly rubbed. An appealing guidebook, scarce.

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Book number: 121346

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, canton, china, chine, kanton, guide, tourist, travel, exploration,

[CHANG, THE GIANT (CHANG WOO GOW)].

[Carte de visite photo of the Chinese Giant in Bournemouth] ca 1875.

. Original photograph of Chang, the Giant. Size: 6,4 x 10,8 cm. He is dressed in a Chinese traditional costume, most likely his performace outfit. Chang Woo Gow was born in Fuzhou (Canton) in the 1840's. He was well educated and travelled around the world performing as "Chang the Chinese Giant". His height was claimed to be over 2,4 meter!. In 1878 he retired from stage and settled in Bournemouth, where he operated a Chinese teahouse and a curio store.

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Book number: 100762

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[CHINA - WOOD PANEL WITH ANCIENT COINS AND CHARMS].

China, probably end of 18th century.

. Wooden panel (59 x 35 cm) with 25 bronze casts of ancient Chinese coins and amulets inserted. A solid piece of wood with small scratches and minor wear, parts of old Chinese label on reverse. Mounted in a later wooden frame. The collection shows examples of old coins and charms in the shape of spades, knives, rings, and two large symbolic figures: a horse and two birds in a tree. China was one of the first countries to use metal coinage and its ancient coin history can be traced back more than two thousand years. The Chinese also produced "coin-like" charms and talismans which were used to suppress evil spirits and to bring "good luck" or "good fortune". During the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) some of the first forms of money were cast in the shapes of tools, for example as spades, shovels or knives. Thereafter the "round money" appeared and during the Han Dynasty a round shaped coin named "wu zhu" was introduced. It was minted for more than 700 years from 118 BC to 618 AD. This panel contains nine spade-shaped coins or charms which we believe are the earliest examples in the collection. Two pieces have the knife shape. Three large examples of "open charms" are included with illustrations of a dragon, the zodiac and the eight trigrams. In addition there are seven pieces of different kinds of round coins or charms and two pendant charms, all decorated with different characters and symbols. We believe that the panel dates from the latter part of the 18th century and sits firmly in the context of the Emperor QianlongÕs unequalled obsession with Chinese history, art and literature. Reigning from 1735 to 1796, he created and conserved unparalleled collections of all ages and aspects of Chinese culture while honouring Manchu and Confucian traditions. This panel, with a patina consistent with its (likely) date, was probably used as a teaching aid, and reflects the EmperorÕs interest in promoting and preserving the glories and utility of the Chinese past. A most unusual and impressive work.

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Book number: 120566

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[MONTMIGNON, JEAN BAPTISTE ABBÉ]:

Choix des lettres édifiantes, écrites des missions étrangères, précédé de tableaux géographiques, historiques, politiques, religieux et littéraires, des pays de mission. Seconde édition. 8 volumes. Paris, Grimbert, 1824-1826.

. Pp. (iv), cxx, 380; (iv), iv, 543; viii, 575; (iv), xx, 486; (iv), iv, 516; (iv), 475; (iv), 460; (iv), 494. Contemporary marbled calf, flat spines richly decorated in gilt and with red title labels. Marbled edges with matching endpapers. Armorial Bookplates. Binding somewhat rubbed, top of spine to volume four with wear and slightly chipped, otherwise a very attractive set. Comprises: Vols. i-iii. Missions de la Chine; iv. Missions de l'Inde; v-vi. Missions du Levant; vii-viii. Missions de l'Amerique. First edition was published in 1808-09.

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Book number: 35145

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, china, india, levant, america, tartary, siam, tonkin, cochinchina, cochinchine, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, kina, chine,

[CHINA]. [J.R. SUPERCARGO]:

Dag-bok öfver en resa till fots, åren 1819 och 1820, från Manchao, på ön Hainan, till Canton. Öfversättning. Stockholm, Fr. B. Nestius, 1828.

. Pp. 203. Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. Minor marginal stain to first few leaves. A Swedish translation from the English "Diary of a journey overland through the Maritime provinces of China from Manchao, on the south coast of Hainan, to Canton" (London 1822). The author was Supercargo of the English ship "Friendship" which was shipwrecked on the island Hainan situated on China's Southeastern coast. The crew were saved and continued by foot along the shores to Canton. Includes an appendix with Milne's account on bookprinting in China. Cf Lust 227. Cf Cordier BS 308.

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Book number: 20076

Catalogue: East Asia

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[PHRASE BOOK FOR TRADERS].

An English Chinese and Japanese Conversation. Nichi-kan-ei gogen goheki. Tokyo, Yamada Tashiro, Taisho 4, 1915.

. Oblong 8vo. Size: 13 x 19 cm. Pp. (viii), viii, 195, (1) blank, (1). Characters written in three columns, also including phonetics. Contemporary half cloth on marbled paper boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, somewhat rubbed. Inscriptions to front free endpaper and some annotations in the text. Later edition (first 1888). The first part consists of a vocabulary arranged by subject. The second part contains conversations to help visitors and traders in different situations. Scarce. Only one copy of a 1906 edition recorded in OCLC.

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Book number: 120028

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Keywords: East Asia, japan, china, japanese, chinese, japon, chine, asia, asie, asiatic, vocabulary, language, langue, lingusitic, commerce, trade,

[HAAN, PIETER DE]:

Gedachten over den Chinahandel en den Theehandel, strekkende ten Betoge, dat alle belangen zich vereenigen tot de oprigting van eene Sociëteit, op Vereenigd Kapitaal handelende, aan welke bij uitsluiting die takken van commercie overgedragen worden. Te Rotterdam, bij Arbon en Krap (printed by Giunta d'Albani), 1824.

. Pp. (ii), 95, (1). Printed on good quality paper. Contemporary crimson morocco, boards with decorative border in gilt, marbled endpapers, g.e., with lightly rubbed. First and only edition. Contains proposals for a revival of the Dutch tea trade with China. The Dutch had lost the valuable tea imports from China to the British East India Company in the 18th century and the VOC was dissolved in 1798. A lovely copy of a scarce work. Boxer (1965), p. 177. Cordier BS 2177. Goldsmiths' Kress library of economic literature no 24122.10. Löwendahl 1706.

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Book number: 120600

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[EIDOUS, MARC-ANTOINE (Translator)]:

Hau Kiou Choaan, histoire chinoise, traduite de l'anglois. Four volumes in two. Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1766.

. 12mo. Pp. (iv), xxxii, 224; (iv), 263; (iv), 263; (iv), 243, (4). With four engraved frontispieces. Contemporary emerald coloured boards, title labels on spines (slightly chipped), red edges, hinges cracked, worn, even so it's a charming copy. First French edition of "The Pleasing History" translated from the English by James Wilkinson and Thomas Percy. Barbier ii, p. 608. Cordier BS 1755. Löwendahl 541. Lust 1108.

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Book number: 99719

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, literature, novel, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration

[CHINA - BOARD GAME].

Jeu Nouveau le Voyage a Pékin par Air, par Fer, par Terre et par Mer (title on lid). Paris, H. Jannin, ca 1861.

. Lithographed board game (48 x 48 cm). Hand-coloured and printed in green and black on four cardboard panels pasted on green cloth, with Bordeaux red mauve patterned paper on reverse, slightly rubbed. Housed in the original mauve patterned paper covered box (small loss of label). Printed rules inside the lid. Some staining to front cover and the lower cover has been nicely restored. The game offers various routes via balloon, railway, overland or sea voyage, along a grid to the exotic and mysterious city of Peking in the centre. The design of the grid strikingly resembles Chinese city maps of the period. Ornamented with beautiful hand-coloured vignettes in the corners. A well-preserved game published just after the Second Opium War.

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Book number: 120488

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[CIBOT, PIERRE-MARTIAL]:

Lettre de Pekin, sur le génie de la langue chinoise et la nature de leur écriture symbolique comparée avec celle des anciens égyptiens ... On y a joint l'extrait de deux ouvrages nouveau de Mr. de Guignes relatifs aux mêmes matières. Bruxelles, J.L. de Boubers, 1773.

. Small 4to. Pp. xxxviii, 46, (i), (6). Complete with 29 engravings (numbered I, II and XX-XLV). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper boards, worn. Library markings on front paste down. First edition of Cibot's letter dealing with Needham's Hypothesies on the resemblance of Chinese characters to Egyptian hieroglyphics. The preface is written by John Tuberville Needham which was previously published in the Philosophical Transactions. The first section includes an "Extrait du Journal des savans, sur Le Chou-King", published by J. de Guignes in 1770. The engraved plates depict ancient Egyptian and Chinese characters and symbols, and a few of ancient objects. Cordier BS 1735-6. De Backer-Sommervogel II, col. 1168. Löwendahl 568. Morrison II, 46.

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Book number: 120497

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[MAILLARD DE TOURNON, CARLO TOMMASO]:

Relazione della preziosa morte dell'eminentiss. e reverendiss. Carlo Tomaso Maillard di Tournon. Commissario, e Visitatore Apostolico Generale, con le facoltà di Legato a latere nell'Impero della Cina, e Regni dell'Indie Orientali, seguita nella Città di Macao l“ 8. del mese di giugno dell'anno 1710. E di ciae, che gli avenne negli ultimi cinque mesi della sua vita. Roma, per Francesco Gonzaga, 1711.

. Small 4to. Pp. 70 and one folding engraved portrait. Contemporary vellum, "relazione" in ms on spine. First edition of a biographical study comprising three works of cardinal Maillard de Tournon who was the first papal legate sent to the Imperial court of China, on behalf of the Pope Clement XI. He was born in Turin in 1668 of a noble family of Savoy.Tournon and his party sailed by way of Pondicherry, Manila and Canton, arriving at Beijing in December 1705. At first Emperor Kangxi received him kindly, but upon realising that he had come to abolish the Chinese rites among the native Christians he had Tournon imprisoned at Macau where he later died, shortly after being informed that he had been created cardinal on August 1, 1707. Maillard de Tournon's mission is considered one of the crucial turning points in the modern history of the Chinese church. The two additional works are: "Verba per ... Clementem Papam XI. Habita in consistorio secreto fer. IV.14. Octobris 1711" (pp. 39-47); and Carlo Majelli's "Oratio habita in sacello pontifico V. Kal. Decembris A.D. M.DCC.XI" (pp. 48-70). Cordier BS 913-14. Backer & Sommervogel xi, 1285-6, no. 206 (who calls for 38 pages only = the first part).

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[SCHORBING, C.M.]:

Samling af de aeldsta folkslagens religions-urkunder oefver deras religionsbegrepp och mysterier. 2 volumes. Stockholm 1820.

. Pp. (xii), 693, (3) + 3-730. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettering on spines, (different bindings). Some staining. A Swedish translation of this collection treating different ancient concept of religion. The first part deals mainly with the old Persian religions a/o mysticism and the second part with the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Hindoos and the Brahmins, the Scandinavian, the Jewish, Islam, etc.

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Book number: 14257

Catalogue: Near East

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[MONTUCCI, ANTONIO]:

SINOLOGUS BEROLINENSIS (Pseud.): Remarques philologiques sur les voyages en Chine de M. De Guignes. Berlin, aux frais de l'auteur et se trouve chez H.J. Hitzig [and others], Printed by Jean Frédéric Starcke, 1809.

. Pp. (ii), 168. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine split. Bookplate (G.M. La Fragette).A work written by Montucci under his pseudonym which identifies more than two hundred linguistic errors in de Guignes' Voyages (1808). This was part of Montucci's maneuvre to persuade the French government to remove de Guignes from the editorship of the planned Chinese dictionary in favour of himself. Montucci, a renowned Italian sinologist, was obsessed with the idea of writing a Chinese dictionary. He had over 20 000 characters cut at his own expense which were subsequently bought by the Vatican, together with his collection of Chinese books. At one time Montucci was considered for editorship of the French-Chinese dictionary, but in the end preference was given to de Guignes. The work is preceded by a laudatory letter addressed to Antonio Montucci written by himself (under his pseudonym). In a postscript, the author provides information about the Chinese characters used in his work which is repeated at the end of a checklist. Scarce. Cordier BS 1711. Lust 994. Löwendahl 744. Vater p. 66.

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Book number: 121386

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[DOTY, ELIHU]:

Some thoughts on the Proper Term, to be Employed to Translate Elohim and Theos, into Chinese: By an American Missionary in China. Shanghai, the Mission Press, 1850.

. Pp. 28. With printed Chinese characters. Original printed wrappers, soiled. This paper is a contribution to the contemporary missionary debate about the translation of the Christian concept of God into the Chinese language. Elihu Doty identifies the characters shang and ti most suitable for this. "Among the many intriguing episodes of the early Protestant missionary experience in China, none attracted as much attention or generated as much controversy as the 'Term Question'. Beginning as a simple difference of opinion over the most appropriate Chinese expressions to use for the English words 'God' and 'spirit' in translation of the Bible, the issue eventually split the missionary community into contending factions and brought a dramatic end to the united theological front that had hitherto shaped Protestant efforts to win the final victory for Christianity in China". Lazich (2000), p. 253.Elihu Doty (1809-64) was an American missionary who served in Singapore and Pontianak before moving to Amoy, where he remained from 1844 to 1858. Cordier BS 1283. Lust 951. Not in Löwendahl.

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Book number: 120923

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, language, linguistic, langue, asia, asie, asie, asiatic, religion, religious