COCHRANE, JOHN DUNDAS:

Fussreise durch Russland und die sibirische Tartarei, und von der chinesischen Gränze nach dem Eismeer und Kamtschatka. Weimar 1825.

. Pp. iv, 496, (2). Without endpapers. Foxed throughout. Contemporary half calf, very worn, remains of old title label. A German translation of "Narrative of a pedestrian journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary..." (London 1824). Captain John Dundas Cochrane was a nephew of the famous Lord Cochrane, and after the peace, being turned down for further naval service, set out on foot to tour the world. The Russian Government gave him travelling facilities and he travelled, mainly by foot, across Siberia to Kamsckatka. This account contains observations from the expeditions of Otto von Kotebue, Vasilieff and Baron Ferdinand Vrangel. Includes descriptions of the native people, their social and economic conditions. Cf Artic Bibl. 350. Cf Howes C528.

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Book number: 14374

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SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. KONGL. MAJ:TS NAADIGA KUNGOERELSE, angaaende Ost-Indiska Compagniets uploesning, och handelns på Ost-Indien oepnande foer en hwar, som deruti wil deltaga; gifwen Stockholms Slott den 6 julii 1814. Sthlm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1814.

. 4to. 4pp. Unbound, entirely uncut.

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Book number: 12190

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SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

SWEDISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. KONGL. MAJ:TS OEPNE NAADIGA PRIVILEGIUM, til befraemjande af Swenska handelsfarten på Ost-Indien; gifwit hoegqwarteret Ratzeburg den 3 martii 1806. Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1806.

. 4to. Pp. 16. Unbound, entirely uncut.

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Book number: 12191

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CONSTANT, SAMUEL VICTOR:

Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Peking, The Camel Bell, [1936].

. Oblong 8vo. Pp. xiv, 66, 65-88, 87-185 + one leaf with the "Pa Kua", 61 coloured lithograph plates of peddlers, 16 tipped-in halftone photographs, one paper pattern and one diagram. As issued in original boards covered with beautiful multicoloured silk, printed title label on upper cover. Housed in the original decorated paper case, worn.First edition of this charming and informative work on street vendors in Peking. It describes 54 different kinds of peddlers including their characteristic sound or call, and what they have to sell, buy, or trade. Each is accompanied by an illustration of the vendor himself and his commodity. A few examples: the melon seed trader, "feet fixer", "moon cake" vendor, travelling magicians, "bundle cake" peddler, "used silver" buyer, and different kinds of fortune tellers. Constant's original work was presented as part of his Maste's degree at the California College in China (April 1936). A beautiful copy well-protected in the rare original folder.

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CORDIER, HENRY:

Le Consulat de France a Canton au XVIIIe siècle. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1908.

. Pp. 52. With 6 plates (depicting foreigners visiting China in the 18th century). Some staining. Original printed wrappers. Contains reports, treaties, letters, expenses etc. connected with the French consulate in Canton.

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Book number: 99852

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COUVREUR, SÉRAPHIN:

Dictionnaire francais-chinois contenant les expressions les plus usitées de la langue mandarine. Ho Kien Fou, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1884.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), xx, 1007, (4). With text in two columns, including Chinese characters. Contemporary half calf, spine with four raised bands, richly gilt and title lettered in gilt, u.e.g., hinges cracking. First edition. Séraphin Couvreur (1835-1919), French sinologist and Jesuit, came to China in 1870. He spent the greater part of his life at the Jesuit residence at Sien-hsien where he was professor at the Seminary. He complied several Chinese dictionaries and translated many of the Chinese classical works. Couvreur was the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription method which was used in most of the French speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of 20th century when it was replaced by Hanyu Pinyin. Cordier BS 1617.

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COUVREUR, LE P. SÉRAPHIN:

Langue mandarine. Guide de la conversation francais-anglais-chinois contenant un vocabulaire et des dialogues familiers / Mandarin language. Guide to Conversation in French, English and Chinese Containing a Vocabulary and Familiar Dialogues. Ho Kien Fou dans le Tcheu Li, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, 1890.

. Royal 8vo. Pp. (iv), x, 286, (1). With parallel text in French and English. Modern half calf, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt. Original printed wrappers bound with bound (front cover restored). Second enlarged edition (first 1886). Séraphin Couvreur (1835-1919), French sinologist and Jesuit, came to China in 1870. He spent the greater part of his life at the Jesuit residence at Sien-hsien, where he was professor at the Seminary. Couvreur was the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription method which was used in most of the French speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of 20th century when it was replaced by Hanyu Pinyin. Cordier 1648.

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Book number: 38022

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DABRY DE THIERSANT, CLAUDE-PHILIPERT:

La pisciculture et la pêche en Chine ... Représentant les principaux instruments de pisciculture et engins de pêche employés par les Chinois et quelques nouvelles espèces de poissons recueillies en Chine. Précédé d'une introduction sur la pisciculture par le Dr. J. L. Soubeiran. Paris, Librairie de G. Masson, 1872.

. Folio. Pp. (vi), x, 195, (1). With 51 lithographed plates (complete). Handsome copy with wide margins. Contemporary brown morocco, ruled in gilt, spine richly gilt with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, corners worn. Provenance: Bibliotheca Tiliana with bookplate and small stamps.First edition of this magnificent work which is the first substantial one on the subject. Dabry de Thiersant was French consul in Shanghai and Canton in the 1860s and an avid collector of zoological specimens during this time. His work covers the fishing culture in China including descriptions of fishing gear and different species of fish. Thirty-six of the plates depict fishing nets and other equipment, and the other plates illustrate different types of fish together with detailed descriptions. Dabry de Thiersant found 850 different species of fish in the Far East, of which many were unknown to European naturalists at the time. Some light staining to the plates but a wonderful copy of a scare title. Not in Löwendahl. Cordier BS 1537. Nissen ZB1, 1018.

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Book number: 120557

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DAWSON, MILES MENANDER:

The Ethics of Confucius. The Sayings of the Master and his Disciples upon the Conduct of "The Superior Man". Arranged according to the Plan of Confucius. With a Foreword by Wu Ting Fang. New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1915.

. Pp. xxii, 323, adv. (4). Errata slip tipped in. With one front portrait. Publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. First edition. Miles Menander Dawson (1863-1942) was an American author of poetry and philosophy.

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Book number: 100568

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DEMIDOFF, PAUL GRIGORYEVICH & FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD:

[Two papers on Tatar (Tartar) antiquities read at the Society of Antiquaries, London]. London 1767.

. Comprises two papers: 1. Some Account of certain Tartarian Antiquities. In a letter from Paul Demidoff, Esquire, at Petersburg, to Mr. Peter Collinson, dated September 17, 1764. Read at the Society of Antiquaries, Feb. 5, 1767. 4to. Pp. 222-6. With a large folding engraved plate of Tatar sepulchres (burial chambers) and four engraved plates depicting various objects found in the graves.2.Observations on some Tartarian Antiquities, Described in the preceding Article. By Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. Read at the Society of Antiquaries. Feb. 26, 1767. 4to. Pp. 227-35. With two engraved plates depicting Tatar idols. Bound in modern quarter calf on marbled paper covered boards. Some minor browning. Paper is brittle, some tears at margins, and inner margins of the plates have been strengthened. First edition of these scarce papers on the tumuli or tombs of the Tatars. Demidoff's letter refers to the works of Strahlenberg and Bell and further describes the discoveries made by a Russian expedition sent out to open some of the tombs. The five plates are engraved from original drawings made during the expedition and published here for the first time. Forster's account is devoted to the writing and literature of the Tatars; various burial ceremonies; dating of the graves, etc. Paul Demidoff was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education. Johann Forster was a German explorer and scientist.

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Book number: 100058

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DÜBEN, GUSTAF VILHELM JOHAN VON:

Resa till Kap, Ostindien och Kina, åren 1844-1846. Stockholm, L.J. Hjerta, 1847.

. Small 8vo. Pp. viii, 159. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt, rubbed, top of spine chipped. Copy of Axel De la Gardie with his filt monogram on spine. This is a narrative of a voyage to South Africa, India and China. The author was a Swedish medical doctor and professor in anatomy and physiology. He was particulary interested in the natural history of the places he visited. The voyage went to the Cape and from there continued to Mocambique, Zanzibar, Aden (Yemen), Muskat, Bombay, Singapore before reaching Macao and (Whampoa) Canton. His interesting description of Canton contains information about crops and vegetation, opium smoking and its trade, foot binding, tea and bamboo, medical practices, pirates, etc. Cordier BS 2505. Not in Mendelssohn.

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Book number: 99965

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EITEL, ERNEST JOHN:

Hand-Book for the Student of Chinese Buddhism. Hongkong & Shanghai: Lane, Crawford & Co., 1870.

. Pp. (x), 218, (2), (3) errata. Rebound with decorated boards, calf spine with five raised bands and title label. First edition. Comprises a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary listing proper names, dogmas and general Buddhist terms, arranged alphabetically in Sanskrit followed by the Chinese equivalent and the English translation. The second part contains several indexes listed in seven different languages; Chinese, Pali, Sinhalese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Burmese and Siamese. Ernst John Eitel, a German-born missionary, resided and worked in Hong Kong and Canton between 1862 and 1896. According to the author this is the first book of its kind. Cordier BS 746. Morrison I, p. 253.

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Book number: 100047

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[SERRANO, FRANCISCO] & etc.:

Relazione del martirio de' Padri F. Pietro Martire Sans Vescovo Mauricastrense, F. Francesco Serrano eletto Vescovo Tipasitano, F. Giovanni Alcober, F. Giovachino Royo, e F. Francesco Diaz. ... Accaduto nella Provincia di Fokien nell' impero della Cina negli anni 1747. e 1748. Roma, Girolamo Mainardi, 1752.

. Pp. 483. Contemporary vellum, worn and stained, partly restored. Marbled edges. First few leaves with light water staining. An account of missionary activities and persecution of five Spanish martyrs and some Chinese Christians in Fujian province of China. Pedro Sanz came to China in 1715 and served as a missionary for 31 years. In 1730 he was appointed vicar apostolic of Fukien and titular bishop of Mauricasto. Together with the other four Spanish Dominicians; Francesco Serrano, Joaquin Royo, Juan Alcober and Francisco Diaz he was imprisoned in 1746. Sanz was executed in 1747 and the others in 1748. This is an enlarged version of a work titled: "La christiandad de Fogan en la provincia de Fo kien en el Imperio de China cruelmente perseguida ... " published in Manila 1748. Cordier BS 1210. Löwendahl 462. Palau 260616 (claims Serrano as author).

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Book number: 41014

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JAPANESE PAPER FANS].

[Three ukiyo-e woodblock-printed paper fans depicting kabuki actors and one with three ladies in Western clothing]. Published by Murakawa Soemon in Tokyo. 1888, 1892 and 1893.

. 1. Fan depicting three ladies in Western clothing standing on a balcony under the moonlight. One is playing the "gekkin" (full moon guitar). It is printed by Yoshu Chikanobu, dated Meiji 21 (1888).2. Fan depicting three kabuki actors: Bando kakitsu, Ichikawa Kuzo and Nakamura (?). Printed by Toyohara Kunichika, dated Meiji 25 (1892).3. Fan of two kabuki actors: Nakamura Fukusuke and Onoe Kikugoro. Printed by Toyohara Kunichika, dated Meiji 26 (1893).

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Book number: 121149

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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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Book number: 120639

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