TAXA (SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY)

TAXA (SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY), hwarefter afgiften til Kongl. Maj:t och Kronan, uppaa de waror, som ifrån Ost-Indien med Swenska skepp inkomma och uti riket saa qwarblifwa, beräknas och erläggas; gifwen Gripsholms Slott den 6 juni 1782. Stockhplm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1782.

. 4to. 8 pp (last leaf blank). Unbound, entirely uncut.

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Book number: 12193

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TAYLOR HEADLAND, ISAAC:

Our Little Chinese Cousin. Boston 1903.

. Pp. 88 + adv. pp. 10. With eight plates made from photographs and many illustrations in the text. Original cloth with a colour illustration on upper cover, somewhat rubbed and lightly stained. First edition of this charming story for young people written by an American missionary serving and teaching in China.

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Book number: 120581

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SHU-CHIUNG (MRS. WU LIEN-TEH]:

Yang Kuei-Fei. The Most Famous Beauty of China. Shanghai, Commercial Press, 1923.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (xviii), 102. With coloured frontispiece (loose) and five illustrations (two coloured). Original pictorial boards, cloth spine. Dust-jacket with colour illustration on front wrapper. The famous Chinese tale of Yang Kuei-fei (Yang Gufei) dates back to the eighth century. She was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China and the beloved consort of emperor Xuanzong.

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Book number: 120743

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Keywords: China, china, chine, kina, chinese, tales, literature, exploration,

THOM, ROBERT (TRANSL.):

... Wang Keaou Lwan Pih Neen Chang Han or The Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaou Lwan Wang, a Chinese Tale: Founded on Fact. Translated from the Original by Sloth. Canton, Canton Press Office, 1839.

. Small 4to. Pp. viii, 66. Without the last blank leaf. With one plate "lithographed at Canton 1839" reproducing a Chinese woodcut. Title page with repair but no loss of text. Some minor staining. Rebound in paper-covered boards. First edition in English. A translation of a tale from the Ming anthology "Jingu Qiguan" (astonishing things from past and present) published around 1640. Includes an interesting introduction by the translator. Robert Thom came to China in 1834 and worked for some years with Jardine Matheson & Co. at Canton. He dedicates this work to William Jardine, James Matheson and Henry Wright. Thom was the official linguist during the First Opium war and participated as translator through the treaty negotiations at Nanking. In 1843 he was appointed British consul at Ningbo. Cordier BS 1768. Löwendahl 1752. Lust 1103.

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Book number: 120904

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TORÉN, OLOF & EKEBERG, CARL GUSTAV / LINNÉ, CARL VON (EDITOR):

Reise des Herrn Olof Toree nach Surate und China, nebst einer kurzen Beschreibung von der chinesischen Feldökonomiae und einer Nachricht von dem gegenwärtigen Zustande der engländischen Colonien in dem nördlichen Amerika. Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Hilscher, 1772.

. Pp. (ii), 238. Modern boards, new endpapers. Some light staining. The first part contains a German translation of Torén's account of his voyage to China in 1750-52, in the form of letters to Linné (first published in Stockholm 1772). The second part is a German translation of Ekeberg's "Kort berättelse om den Chinesiska Landt-hushållningen" first published in Stockholm 1757. Cordier BS 2097-98. Sabin 96191.

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Book number: 14070

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TORÉN, OLOF:

Voyage de mons. Olof Torée aumonier de la Compagnie suedoise des Indes Orientales, fait à Surate, à la Chine & c. depuis le prémier Avril 1750. jusqu' au 26. Juin 1752, publié par M. Linneaus, & traduit du Suedois par M. Dominique de Blackford. Milan, chez les freres Reycends, 1771.

. 12mo. Pp. 92. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, red edges, worn. First French edition of Torén's account of his voyage to China, translated from the Swedish (1757). Olof Torén (1718-53) was chaplain on the East India voyage via Surat in India to China. He sent letters to Linné together with samples of seeds and plants he had found along the route. He died on a second voyage and his letters were published posthumously by Linné. Cordier BS 2098. Löwendahl 559. Soulsby 3602. BOUND WITH: EKEBERG, CARL GUSTAF: Précis historique de l'économie rurale des chinois, présenté à l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Suède l'an 1754., publié par M. Linnaeus, & traduit du Suèdois par M. Dominique de Blackford. Milan 1771. Pp. (iv); 47. First French edition of "Kort berättelse om den chinesiska landt-hushållningen" (1757) which is devoted to Chinese agriculture. Ekeberg (1716-84) made several voyages to India and China as a scientist in the service of the East India Company. Cordier BS 2098. Hebbe 529. Löwendahl 556. Soulsby 3569.AND: BLACKFORD, DOMINIQUE DE: Précis de l'état actuel des colonies angloises dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. Milan 1771. Pp. 99, (1). Sabin 5691.

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Book number: 99862

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TOUCHATOUT / [BIENVENU, CHARLES LÉON]:

La Chine tintamarresque. Illustrations de Georges Lafosse. Paris, A.. Cochet, about 1875-1880 (?).

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 160. With numerous satirical illustrations in the text. Contemporary half vellum, stained. ("Le Tour du Monde Tintamarresque. Première Partie").

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Book number: 40035

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[JESUITS]. VALIGNANO, ALEXANDRO / GOMEZ, PEDRO / RUGGIERI, MICHELE / FROÊS, LUÊS / ALMEIDA, ANTONIO D', ETC.:

Avvisi della Cina, et Giapone del fine dell'anno 1587. Con l'arriuo de' Signori Giaponesi nell'India. Cauati dalle lettere della Compagnia di Giesu, riceuute il mese d'Ottobre 1588. Venetia, appresso i Gioliti, 1588.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 64. With engraved woodcut on title and engraved headlines and intitials in the text. Rebound with old mss vellum decorated with musical notes in red and black. Old ownership signature on title. Old restoration to title page (no loss).A rare collection of Jesuit letters devoted to China (three letters) and Japan (three letters), first published in Rome in the same year. The letters about China by Alexandro Valignano, Antonio d'Almeida etc. describes the progress of the missionary work and the difficulties encountered. Besides the religious work the Jesuits introduced Western science, astronomy, mathematics etc to the Chinese imperial court. One letter includes a narrative about Michele Ruggieri's two months travel into the interior of China. It is beleived that he was one of the first Christian missionaries to have entered Mainland China in the Ming Dynasty. Ruggieri and another wellknown missionary Matteo Ricci managed to establish a permanent Christian mission at Zhàoqing in 1583. At this time the missionaries understood the importance of learning the native language. It is thought that Ruggieri and Ricci compiled the first Portugese/Chinese dictionary for which they developed a consistent system for transcribing Chinese words in Latin alphabet. However the ms was lost, rediscovered in 1934, and finally published in 2001. The three letters about Japan written in 1586 and 1587 includes one important by Lu’s Fro’s (pp.18-56), a Portugese missionary who lived in Japan from 1563 until 1592. He was in charge of the correspondence to Rome and he wrote "Historia de Japan" based on his own experiences as well as other Jesuit letters and reports (first published in 20th century). In this work Fro“s writes about the death of his friend Oda Nobunaga, a powerful samurai who inititated the unification of Japan and was an important ally to the Jesuits. Cordier BJ 107. De Backer-Sommervogel I, 190-91. Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe, vol. 1, p. 801.

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Book number: 100821

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WELLS WILLIAMS, SAMUEL:

The Middle Kingdom. A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants. Two volumes. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907.

. Pp. xxvi, 836; xii, 775. With large folding map in pocket at rear, two folding frontispieces (one in colour), 15 full page plates and more illustrations in the text.Publisher's blue cloth, printed in gilt, extremities slightly rubbed. Occasionally some insignificant staining. Revised edition with a new map of the empire. A classic work on China first published in 1848. For many years it was the most reliable source on all aspects of China including information about Chinese life, history, law, education, science, literature, industry, etc. Samuel Wells Williams (1812-84), a celebrated Sinologist came first to China in 1833 to take charge of the printing press at the American Board of Commisioners for Foreign Missions at Guangdong. In 1860 he was appointed chargé d'affaires for the US in Beijing. Later on he became the first professor of Chinese in the US at the Yale University. Cf Cordier BS 85.

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Book number: 99447

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WERNER, REINHOLD VON:

Die preussische Expedition nach China, Japan und Siam in den Jahren 1860, 1861 und 1862. Leipzig 1873.

. Pp. xxii, 551. With one folding map and 7 full page woodcut plates. A few leaves with some stain. Contemporary half calf, spine with title printed in gilt, rubbed, upper part of lower hinge chipped. Second edition (first 1863). Reinhold von Werner (1825-1909) was a German Vice Admiral who commanded this expedition to the Far East, visiting Singapore, Hong Kong, Edo, Nagasaki, Shanghai and Siam. His account describes the voyage with much information about the people, customs, architecture, trade, art, music, theatre, laws, concubines etc. along the route. Cordier BS 2521 & BJ 557.

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Book number: 24064

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WESTON, STEPHEN:

A Chinese Poem, Inscribed on Porcelain, in the Thirty-Third Year of the Cycle, A.D. 1776. With a double translation and notes. London, printed by C. Baldwin, 1816.

. Pp. 16 (last leaf black). With three engraved plates with Chinese characters. Engraved vignette on title. Original green wrappers, g.e., rubbed. Stephen Weston was an English antiquarian, clergyman and man of letters. Provenance: Copy of Sir Charles William Rouse Boughton (1747-1821), an administrator in India with the East India Company and later a member of the British House of Commons. Cordier BS 1791. Löwendahl 1700.

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Book number: 120602

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WESTON, STEPHEN:

Fragments of Oriental Literature, with an Outline of a Painting on a curious China Vase. London, printed for the author, by S. Rousseau, 1807.

. Pp. xxviii, one blank, 152, (1). With one double-page engraved plate. Some annotations in pencil. Uncut copy in original boards, rubbed and some stain to upper cover. Presentation inscription from the author to Sir Henry Strachey, British politician. First edition. Comprises various essays on Arabic and Persian literature and languages. The engraved plate illustrate a vase in Weston's collection and is an early example of Chinese ceramic design in Western literature. Cordier BS 1565. Löwendahl 737.

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Book number: 120936

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WIEGER, LÉON & DAVROUT, LEO (TRANSL.):

Chinese Characters. Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification. A Thorough Study from Chinese Documents. Hsien-hsien, Catholic Mission Press, 1927.

. Pp. 822. Slightly later full calf, gilt spine with four raised bands and morocco title labels, somewhat rubbed. Some annotations in the text. Second, enlarged English edition of this comprehensive work by the celebrated French sinologist and Jesuit Dr. Wieger. The author has analysed the ancient forms of the Chinese characters. The first part of the work is divided into 177 etymological lessons listing the character, it's contracted form, and an English translation. It's followed by a phonetic series, a lexicon by order of sounds and, a lexicon by order of radicals. Cordier BS 3918 (first edition 1915). Cordier BS 3918 (first ed. 1915). Cf Zaunmüller 40.

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Book number: 99315

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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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Book number: 100601

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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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Book number: 120657

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