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1884187293Shanghai: Reprinted from the "North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette" 1884. Often considered the oldest newspaper in world history First edition. The mouthpiece of the Qing court the Peking Gazette was the "most important public source of information about the workings of the late Qing state. Through the gazette 'one is able to feel the pulse of the whole empire' wrote Jehu Lewis Shuck the first Baptist missionary to China" Harris p. 3. From the Macartney embassy onwards foreign missionaries merchants and diplomats relied on the Gazette as an indispensable source of information. Translations of articles regularly appeared in English-language newspapers journals and reports as well as in annual compilation volumes. The wide-ranging index for this instalment includes references for example to opium dens in the Forbidden City silk and porcelain manufacturing extortion riots and river management. Octavo. Tables and Chinese characters in text. Original yellow cloth spine and front cover lettered in red red vignette on rear cover. 1894 Beijing ownership inscription on title page; facing page with notes in same hand and 2 laid-down printed slips; contemporary pencilled notes on rear endpaper. Cloth lightly soiled and worn split at foot of front joint: very good. Lane J. Harris The Peking Gazette: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Chinese History 2018. hardcover
1871PHO-1755Paris, Imprimerie Impériale & Nationale, 1871-1930, 7 vol. (sur 9, manque tome 2 & 3) In-8°, brochage éditeur. Édition bilingue : Texte arabe avec traduction française en regard, Tome I, (1871), 2ff.-XII-408pp.,Tome IV, (1914), 2ff,VII_XI ,480pp., Tome V(1928); 3ffnch.-VI-515 pp; Tome VI (1928) ;3ffnch.-IX-518 ;Tome VII (1929); 3ffnch.-X-438 pp; Tome VIII (1930); 3ffnch-X-446 pp.; Tome IX (1930) ,3ffnch.-VI-299 pp. , en fin d’ouvrage , notes et variantes, correction ainsi que la table des matières .Manque les tomes 2/3 , petits défauts de reliure.
1867115196London, Day and Son, Limited 1867 In-folio 34,5 x 23 cm. Reliure de l’époque demi-chagrin vert-émeraude à coins, dos à nerfs, 15 pp. de texte, description des planches, 100 planches en chromolithographie à pleine hors texte dont le frontispice [manque planches 80 & 87]. infimes rousseurs marginales, planches d’une grande fraîcheur. Ouvrage d’une certaine rareté.
18671101867 Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie, Paris, 1867. 2 tomes reliés en un volume. 18 x 24,5 cm (R), in-8°, XXXII pp. + 407 pp. & (4 pp.) + 472 pp. ; avec 4 planches hors texte : 1 planche lithographiée et coloriée (le Taj-Mahal à Agra du côté de la Jumna), 1 planche lithographiée en noir (Un éléphant porteur de reliques, et chefs kandiens à Ceylan), toutes deux placées en frontispice et deux photographies originales contrecollées (Tombe d'Akmud Oud Doula, Agra et Vue de l'intérieur de la Chaïtya, grottes de Karli), reliure demi basane fauve, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fers dorés avec pièces de titre olive et grenat, tranches mouchetées.
190015638BB(Tokyo, Nachdruck auf Chinesisch, um 1900). Als Blockbücher gebunden, in Seidenmappe. 4 Bände.
1895188172Shanghai: Jiangnan zhizao ju "Jiangnan Arsenal" 1895. Turning China into an economic powerhouse First edition issued by Shanghai's Jiangnan Arsenal as part of the late-Qing "self-strengthening movement" during which a wave of radical commercial scientific and legal changes aimed to rapidly modernize China's economy. The text was overseen by John Fryer 1839-1928 who translated more Western scientific works into Chinese than any other 19th-century sinologist. In 1868 Fryer was recruited by the Jiangnan Arsenal a hotbed of political and military reform to join its dedicated Translation Office. Over the next three decades he produced dozens perhaps even hundreds of publications for the use of trainee officers and scientists. For the present work Fryer co-operated with the Westernized engineer Zhong Tianwei 1840-1900 and drew inspiration from provisions introduced in successive British parliamentary Acts regulating merchant shipping. Sections discuss systems of signal lights how ships can safely pass alongside each other and best practices for pilots and navigators. Quarto 295 x 175 mm ff. 1 38 25. Illustrations in text; text in Chinese. Near-contemporary brown wrappers renewed xianzhuang stitching Recent bookseller's manuscript ticket on rear binder's blank. Wrappers dust-soiled front cover sometime repaired at foot with repurposed piece of printed paper rear cover with a little worming at head extending into margin of last 2 printed leaves: very good. unknown
180421462London William Miller 1804 1 in-folio Représentés en vingt-deux gravures avec des explications en Anglais et en Français. London, William Miller, 1804, in-folio, maroquin rouge à grains longs, dos à nerfs orné, plats finements décorés d'encadrements de filets, de frises florales dorées et à froid, large motif doré central, filets dorés sur les coupes, dentelle dorée interne, tranches dorées.
18041100731804. First Edition. CHINA MASON Major George Henry MILLER William publisher. The Punishments of China Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings. London: William Miller 1804 i.e. circa 1819. Folio 10-1/2 by 14-1/2 inches contemporary full straight-grain burgundy morocco elaborately gilt-decorated spine all edges gilt. $3200.Later edition of this survey of the punishments of China illustrated with 22 folio engravings each finely hand-colored. A handsome copy in contemporary morocco-gilt.This collection depicts a variety of Chinese punishments for assorted crimes as well as appearing before a magistrate being conveyed to prison and being conducted to trial. This volume originally formed part of publisher William Miller's six-volume series on costume each volume separately issued: The Punishments of China 1801 The Costume of Turkey 1802 The Costume of Russia 1803 The Costume of China 1804 The Costume of Austria 1804 and The Costume of Great Britain 1804. This is a later reprint as is shown by the watermarks text leaves watermarked 1818; plates 1819 of the 1804 edition text printed by Wilson rather than Bulmer. ""The first edition was apparently in 1801"" Abbeyhe had this circa-1819 reprint in his collection. Another edition appeared in 1808. Text in English and French. Abbey Travel 532. Colas 2010-12. Prideaux 317. Lipperheide 1522 1808 edition. Plates clean and fine hand-coloring vivid. Attractive contemporary morocco-gilt binding with expert repairs to joints and corners. An excellent copy. Scarce. unknown
184316305Londres, Paris, Fisher, (1843-1845) ; 4 tomes reliés en 2 volumes in 4, demi chagrin vert empire, dos à faux nerfs, fleurons et titre dorés (reliure de l’époque) ; (4), 68, 26 pp. ; 76 pp. ; 74 pp. ; 73, (3) pp. et en tout, 4 titres gravés avec une vignette et 124 planches hors-texte gravées sur acier, protégées par une serpente.
1864223685Shanghai.: Presbyterian Mission Press. 1864. viii 279 pp. contemporary half roan rubbed 23.3 x 16.5cm marbled boards spine gilt lettered a little light rubbing to the boards last two leaves archivally strengthened at the hinge small tidemark to the inner corner of the title-page age-toning and some offsetting to the text inked signature of an early owner Dec. 1870 Fred. P. Napier lettering on spine a little worn a good complete copy. The second work published by the remarkable sinologue missionary and linguist Joseph Edkins 1823-1905. This second edition is noted for its deeper inquiry into the Peking dialect specifically its "laws of tones and accent" <br>The book is divided into three primary parts designed to move a student from basic sounds to complex communication: <br>Part I: On Sound: Detailed exploration of pronunciation the tonal system and phonetics. <br>Part II: Parts of Speech: A categorical breakdown of Mandarin vocabulary and functional grammar. <br>Part III: Syntax: Guidance on sentence structure and verbal interaction. <br>Appendices: Includes discussions on southern Mandarin dialects Mandarin literature and contemporary Chinese philology <br> <br>Lowendahl 1811 Supplement. . Presbyterian Mission Press. hardcover
1880J6SGPBJ1IXLV1880. With 12 albumen prints ranging in size from ca. 16.5 x 23 cm to 21 x 28 cm. Collection of 12 vintage photographs from the late 19th century showing China Indonesia the Hawaiian Islands California and Egypt. Of the 4 photographs of China 2 show Hong Kong including one possibly by the famous Chinese photographer Lai Fong ca. 1839-1890 showing Queen's Road Central. The two rarest photographs show several of the 7500 imperial examination cubicles in Canton Guangzhou while a photograph by A Chan Ya Zhen shows the famous five-story pagoda on Kun Yam Hill in 1870. The Indonesian island Java can be seen on 3 photographs including one of lake Telaga Warna by the British firm Woodbury & Page based in Batavia Jakarta. Taken further to the west were 3 photographs of Hawaii probably all taken in or near Honolulu. A rare undated photograph of the statue of King Kamehameha was taken probably right after the unveiling ceremony in 1883 as it shows a small wooden fence around the statue which can be seen in an illustration in The Graphic 28 April 1883 but is absent from all later images. Of the 2 final images one by Isaiah West Taber 1830-1912 shows Midway Point in Monterey California and the other by Hippolyte Arnoux fl. 1860-1890 a group of Arabs and camels waiting for the ferry near El Qantara in Egypt. Most of the photographs are worn at the edges with small tears and folds and a few have small holes; one of the images of Hawaii with a waterstain at the lower margin. unknown
1822188322Various cities and architects: c.1918-22. Building Republican China An appealing collection highlighting the role of foreign finance and architectural expertise in the modernization of Republican China's major commercial centres. The blueprints show business premises Western-style houses and apartments and a theatre. Seven were issued by the architectural firm of Henry Charrey and Marcel Conversy. Based in Jinan the firm was employed from 1918 by the Belgian-French company Crédit Foncier d'Extrême-Orient which financed and oversaw construction in Beijing Shanghai Tianjin and other cities with a foreign presence. In Jinan Charrey & Conversy were involved in the laying out of a new post office compound and designing Western-style houses. Also present are blueprints for offices for the Danish outfit Andersen Meyer & Co. which arrived in the city in 1916 and a hong for the Asiatic Petroleum Company. A second group relates to the Tianjin civil engineers Brossard Mopin & Co. Founded in 1910 it specialized in buildings made with reinforced concrete. A large plan shows the imposing front face of a proposed building for the Gongxian Arsenal one of China's main manufacturers of weaponry and ammunition. In Tianjin Brossard Mopin also contracted for apartments and a new theatre and clubhouse for the China Theatre Company the floorplans here accompanied by textual overviews of the projects. Accompanying these two groups are a 1919 plan of Tsinghua University Beijing and seven blueprints for houses in a "Peking model residential centre" which was proposed by the city authorities in the early 1920s. This collection belonged to the engineer G. Gregoire who worked for the Crédit Foncier d'Extrême-Orient in partnership with both Charrey & Conversy and Brossard-Mopin & Co. His signature as the lead architect appears in the seven Charrey & Conversy blueprints and his ink stamp is on nearly all of the material suggesting his involvement in the wide range of projects. 21 blueprints 217 x 255 mm to 625 x 1130 mm; 2 project booklets in French each 6 pp. duplicate typescript and typescript cover sheet fixed with 3 butterfly clips. Various ink stamps numbers and annotations on booklets and verso of blueprints. General browning and light creasing couple of short splits plan of Tsinghua University slightly faded and lacking contrast but generally a well-preserved collection. unknown
1880183225China: c.1880. China on Thomas Hardy's doorstep Labels on both faces indicate that this artefact of missionary printing was owned by Henry Joseph Moule 1825-1904 a close friend of Thomas Hardy and the brother of two prominent China missionaries. Moule was the first curator of the Dorset County Museum where this woodblock was perhaps displayed to a curious public. Moule's seven brothers included George Evans Moule 1828-1912 consecrated the first Bishop of Mid-China in 1880 and Arthur Evans Moule 1838-1916 who was active in Ningbo and Shanghai and who also wrote prolifically on Chinese history and current affairs. The primary face has the text of the fourth to tenth commandments as given in Deuteronomy and the carving employs a songti character style with serifs. The largest of the labels reads "Block from which a page of a book has been printed; viz. part of the Ten Commandments. Printing is a much older art in China than in Europe but always was and is performed as by the pre-Gutenberg European printers viz. from wood-cut blocks. A rough block with wood-engraving tools accompanies this block; and also an inking brush and a printing pad. The press is used China." Moule is named on a small label on the reverse. Single wooden block 165 x 210 mm engraved in 8-columns on primary face one column of characters and page subdivisions on secondary face 3 manuscript labels the largest covering upper-left quadrant of primary face. Contemporary blue pencil note on secondary face. General signs of handling carved character distinct: very good. unknown
1811111125Paris Nepveu 1811 4 vol. relié 4 vol. in-16, cuir de Russie rouge, dos lisses avec semis de fleurs encadrant le titre et le numéro de tomaison, guirlande de feuilles et grappes de raisins encadrant les plats, fine guirlande dorée intérieure, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, XXXVI + 144, 172, 188 et 220 pp. + (4 p.). Édition originale comprenant 80 gravures sur cuivre coloriées à la main qui constituent une remarquable documentation sur les us et coutumes de la Chine pendant le règne de Qianlong (1735-1796). Le librairie-éditeur Nepveu réalisa cette édition après avoir pu racheter la collections de peintures et de dessins chinois formée par Léonard Bertin, contrôleur général des Finances et secrétaire d’État de Louis XV. Il fit paraître l'année suivante deux volumes de suppléments qui manquent ici. Ex-libris gravé Louis Taffin de Givenchy (1781-1858). Ravissant exemplaire très joliment relié à l'époque (minimes frottements).
1811111125Paris Nepveu 1811 4 vol. relié 4 vol. in-16, cuir de Russie rouge, dos lisses avec semis de fleurs encadrant le titre et le numéro de tomaison, guirlande de feuilles et grappes de raisins encadrant les plats, fine guirlande dorée intérieure, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, XXXVI + 144, 172, 188 et 220 pp. + (4 p.). Édition originale comprenant 80 gravures sur cuivre coloriées à la main qui constituent une remarquable documentation sur les us et coutumes de la Chine pendant le règne de Qianlong (1735-1796). Le librairie-éditeur Nepveu réalisa cette édition après avoir pu racheter la collections de peintures et de dessins chinois formée par Léonard Bertin, contrôleur général des Finances et secrétaire d’État de Louis XV. Il fit paraître l'année suivante deux volumes de suppléments qui manquent ici. Ex-libris gravé Louis Taffin de Givenchy (1781-1858). Ravissant exemplaire très joliment relié à l'époque (minimes frottements).
1900176895Shanghai: Brewer & Co. c.1900. From the Chefoo Bluff to Lamtong Head Sole edition untraced institutionally the copy of Vice-Admiral Seymour's chief of staff in Tianjin during the Boxer Uprising. This photographic guide is designed for "the navigator of this changeable and frequently foggy locality" preface. We have traced only one other copy which appeared in commerce in 2017. Navigators in the late Qing period could rely on only a small network of lighthouses and fixed navigational aids when sailing the Chinese coast. "In thick weather even a person familiar with the coast is at a loss to identify a well-known Islands with its summit" preface. The thirty views include the Chefoo Bluff in the Pechili Gulf the waters near the Hieshans Light House Zhejiang and Hong Kong's Lamtong Head. A concerted period of lighthouse-building in the 1910s and 1920s obviated the need for further publications of this kind. Provenance: though unmarked as such this copy was owned by Captain Edward Henry Bayly C.B. 1849-1904 Commander of the International Forces at Tianjin in June 1900. Bayly had a lifelong career in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in September 1873 commander in June 1887 and captain in January 1894 having served overseas in numerous ships. Bayly captained HMS Pelorus during the fleet review for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897 and in 1899 became captain of the armoured cruiser HMS Aurora on the China station. During the Boxer Uprising he replaced the wounded John Jellicoe as chief of staff to Seymour was mentioned by Seymour in dispatches and remained at Tianjin until the withdrawal of naval forces. He retired at his own request in February 1904. Landscape octavo. With 30 mounted collotypes within red frames. Original red cloth front cover lettered in gilt white coated endpapers leaves hinged with white linen as issued. A little shaken binding sunned and stained contents well preserved a little toning at fore edges: a very good copy. hardcover
1879030382China Guangxu Era Ji-Mao 1879 Zhang Xuegeng Soft cover
1818137098[ ? Xiaoyou Shanfang, Jiaqing 23rd year] 1818 11 volumes, reliure japonaise refaite bleu nuit étoilée, sous 2 coffret toilés moderne à fermoirs :30 x 18,5 cm. Entièrement remonté sur ff. intercalaire - [Coffret 1, vol. I] Livre 1. Introduction générale. 64 pp. de texte. Livre II. Les arbres. 4 pp. de texte & 80 pp. d’illustrations en noir. Livre III. Les pierres. 4 pp. de texte & 90 pp. d’illustrations en noir. Livre IV. Figures humaines Les jen-you 20 pp. de texte & 94 pp. d’illustrations en noir. Livre V : Exemples de peintures & paysages [4 sections] : 3 pp. de texte& 20 pp. d’illustrations en noir & couleurs, à simple ou double pages; 2 pp. de texte & 20 pp. d’illustrations en noir & couleurs, à double pages; 2 pp. de texte & 20 pp. d’illustrations en noir & couleurs à double pages; 2 pp. de texte & 14 pp. d’illustrations en noir & couleurs à simple ou double pages; 1 pp. de colophon. [Coffret 2, vol. II & III] 26 cm. Sur intercalaire de 30 cm. Livre VI. Peinture des iris et orchidées [3 sections]: 31 pp. de texte; 14 pp. de texte & 27 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple ou double pages; 3 pp. de texte & 32 pp. d’illustrations en noir & couleurs, à simple ou double pages; colophon. Livre VII. Les bambous: 24 pp. de texte & 24 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple ou double pages; 4 pp. de texte & 46 d’illustrations en noir & couleurs à double pages; colophon. Livre VIII La peinture de prunier: 28 pp. de texte & 20 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple ou double pages; 6 pp. de texte & 40 pp. d’illustrations en couleurs à simple & double pages; colophon. Livre IX Les chrysanthèmes: 14 pp. de texte & 20 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple pages; 4 pp. de texte & 40 pp. d’illustrations en couleurs à double pages; colophon. Livre X Les plantes herbacées et Insectesfeuillets jaunis, lég. auréoles d’humidité au 3 derniers ff. : 46 pp. de texte & 40 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple pages. Livre XI : Les plantes ligneuses et les Oiseaux feuillets jaunis: 34 pp. de texte & 40 pp. d’illustrations en noir à simple pages; 18 pp. de texte appendice. [Complet des volumes I à III. Sans le vol. IV : Personnages bouddhiques-Femmes célèbres 4 fasc.]
1875160133Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press 1875-78. The most important interdenominational missionary journal of the time A collection of four scarce early volumes of this Shanghai-based periodical which served as the expatriate missionary community's premier forum for sinological exchange including contributions on philosophy social history linguistics literature and religion. Early volumes are now seldom encountered in commerce. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal was first published in 1868 in Fuzhou under the editorship of Stephen Livingstone Baldwin and then Justus Doolittle. In 1874 editorial responsibilities were passed to Alexander Wylie 1815-1887 the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Shanghai with the city's American Presbyterian Mission Press taking over printing and distribution. Issued every two months the journal featured articles by leading missionary-sinologists including Emil Bretschneider Henry Yule Timothy Richard and Samuel Wells Williams. 24 parts in 4 vols octavo 235 x 153. With 4 folding plans and maps 3 woodblock and printed on delicate rice paper illustrations in text. Vol. VIII bound without the index. Contemporary black half sheep A. H. Chen Shantou recently rebacked with original spines laid down red spine labels purple wavy-grain cloth sides. Bindings somewhat worn and faded small piece of leather reglued at head contents generally fresh folding plans with occasional creasing and stub tears. A very good set. Francesca Torocco The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism 2007. hardcover
1895182165Shanghai: Published at the Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1895-1905. I believe the Inspectorate aided by its Medical Officers can do good work A lengthy run of this valuable specialist compendium. Each issue had a circulation of around 500 copies only the majority sent to customs stations and libraries as well as diplomats and naval officers and copies are therefore rare in commerce. The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was founded in 1854 by Britain and other foreign powers to collect taxes on maritime trade for the Chinese government but its remit quickly expanded to include domestic customs administration the postal service waterway and harbour management and scientific research. In 1870 Inspector-General Sir Robert Hart instituted this series information to be provided by the medical officers assigned to customs stations. Issues were issued on a yearly or half-yearly basis sometimes in double numbers. "This network of epidemic monitoring and ecological investigation which was gradually built up by the medical officers and medical missionaries extended throughout East Asia and created a huge medical database" Gao p. 54. 17 works bound in 3 quarto 271 x 220 mm. With plates charts maps and diagrams throughout some folding and a few in colour; occasional text in French. Contemporary blue library cloth spines lettered in gilt top edges sprinkled brown other edges untrimmed original yellow wrappers bound in. Ex-Bodleian Library with its shelf labels on spines pencilled pressmarks and accession and cancellation ink stamps. Bindings lightly worn and rubbed one spine with abrasions to cloth occasional short closed tears internally the odd repair and loss but a very good usable collection. Gao Xi "Discovering Diseases: Research on the Globalization of Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century China" in David Luesink William H. Schneider and Zhang Daqing eds China and the Globalization of Biomedicine 2019. hardcover
18287462Paris, Baudouin frères, 1828. 4 volumes in-8 en demi-maroquin vert à grains longs, avec coins, dos lisse orné de fers romantiques, doubles filets dorés sur les plats, non rogné, avec les couvertures conservées des 10 livraisons de l'édition de Baudouin, mais également les couvertures - verte et jaune de 6 de livraisons de l'édition des vignettes chez Perrotin, avec un envoi autographe de ce dernier. Belles reliures Pastiches dues au maître du genre, Bernasconi. La reliure est signée par Bernasconi.
1897003359Paris, L. Conquet, 1897. In-4 (227 x 175 mm.), I ff. n. ch. 340 pp., 3 ff. n. ch., reliure maroquin bordeaux, dos à cinq nerfs orné d'encadrements de filets or et d'un listel de maroquin vert, plats ornés d'encadrements de filets or et d'un cadre de maroquin verchif.t, frappé à froid d'une guirlande végétale, double filet de coupes, contreplats ornés de soie moirée bordeaux encadrée de filets or et à froid et d'un listel de maroquin vert, gardes de soie, doubles gardes papier bigarré, couverture illustrée en couleurs sur le premier plat, et dos, tranches dorées (reliure signée Blanchetière). Ouvrage illustré de quatre-vingt-dix illustrations en deux tons de Albert ROBIDA. Tirage limité à 350 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci un des 150 imprimés sur papier de Chine fort contenant en supplément un état à part des illustrations, sur le même papier. Envoi autographe au crayon bleu signé par l'éditeur Léopold Carteret. (légères marques du décollage d'un ex-libris sur la première page de garde).
181038599Canton Guangzhou workshop 1810. Watercolour and opaque body-colour with ink on thick chinese paper depicitng 1. A Temple Compound and 2. An Imperial Pleasure Garden. Sheet size: 16 1/8 x 22 inches. An exceptional pair of Chinese export watercolours rich in architectural detail exemplifying the pictorial conventions developed to frame China for European eyes.<br/> <br/> A fine pair of large-scale architectural fantasy views produced in a Canton workshop for the export trade at the height of the China Trade period. The compositions exemplify the hybrid artistic language developed for Western patrons by Chinese painters trained in native techniques yet attuned to foreign tastes for picturesque and monumental subjects. The first painting depicts a two-courtyard Buddhist or Taoist temple approached through a three-bay shan-men ceremonial gateway flanked symmetrically by drum and bell towers. A painted screen wall in the inner court displays guardian deities in brilliant red while the gilded Buddha presides from an elevated rear hall. The temples architecture is stylized but evocative of southern Chinese religious compounds. Above the gateway a plaque bears brush-written characters reading "Beautiful Hall of Profound Reverence" a fictive name likely invented by the workshop for decorative effect rather than to identify a specific site. The second painting shows a walled palace complex centered around a multi-tiered pavilion rising from a lotus pond filled with sculptural rocks and pleasure boats. Dragon grottoes stone causeways and ornamental bridges evoke the fantastical terrain of imperial parks such as the Yuanmingyuan rendered here in a compressed stage-set perspective. White elephants bearing crimson banners guard the main gate signaling a courtly or ceremonial setting. While reminiscent of northern gardens the details are compositional inventions rather than topographical records. The palette vermilion malachite green gamboge and carbon black and the use of crisp ink outlines are typical of late 18th-century Canton export workshops. Unlike smaller pith-paper images destined for albums these works were painted on thick laid paper of generous dimensions. Loose drawings such as these were often compiled into custom albums in British India where Chinese watercolours were often combined with Indian and Persian material to appeal to the tastes of British collectors. The Persian-Urdu foliation on the verso indicates their inclusion in such a collection likely assembled in Calcutta or Lucknow in the early 19th century. While drawing upon recognizable architectural forms and cultural symbols the views are best understood as imaginary or composite constructions designed to satisfy European curiosity about China. The temple compound reflects generic southern typologies while the palace garden borrows selectively from northern models such as the Yuanmingyuan. unknown
1865219705Shanghae sic & London.: London Mission Press and Trubner & Co. 1865. Two volumes in one: <br>Volume I. ii Title i-x Advertisement Preface 762 pp including Index of Chinese characters pp 1-99 pagination duplicated for pp 224 & 239. <br>Volume II. ii Title 724pp iv List of the Radicals of the Chinese Language. <br> <br>22 x 15 cms contemporary half calf spine gilt between raised bands expertly rebacked mounting the original spine numerous annotations and underlinings in pencil a handful in ink at the head the final blanks with notes and translation age-toned and worn boards rubbed but a good complete copy of the scarce reprint. <br> <br>Provenance: <br>With the early inked signature of "Hugh Wadell Newchwang 1869" the pioneering missionary whose work laid the foundation for the Irish Presbyterian Church's long-term presence in East Asia. In 1869 Waddell 1839–1901 landed at Newchwang now Yingkou where he established a mission station that included a church school and dispensary. His daughter was Helen Waddell poet scholar and theological novelist. <br> <br>Recent signature of A. Allan Shearer Wellington. Scarce reprint of the second part of Morrison's Dictionary first published between 1815 and 1823 with a notable provenance. The 1865 reprint was issued as a single volume combining the second part of the dictionary with an index of characters arranged according to the Kangxi radicals. <br> <br>"The Second Part of Morrison's Dictionary has been generally commended by experienced Sinologues as the most perfect and useful of the whole. The present is merely a reprint of it with such slight modifications as are mentioned at the close of the original preface." Preface <br>Löwendahl 1334 . London Mission Press [and] Trubner & Co. hardcover
189532714Ca. 1895 / 96. Format fast 4°. (Original) Halbleder. [5 Warenabbildungen]
