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173724999Zerbst, Georg Wilhelm Goecking, 1737. 8°. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz m. gest. Titelvignette, einer gest. Wappenvignette u. einer Initiale in Rot. 4 Bll., 32 S., 4 Bll., 904 S., 14 Bll., Ppbd. d. Zt.
1784137611Venice: Presso Antonio Zatta 1784. Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches. Venetian cartographer and publisher Antonio Zatta's major contribution to cartography was the Atlante Novissimo a four volume atlas of the world including detailed maps of China Italy North American and Eastern Europe. Presso Antonio Zatta unknown
17311603461731. In der Platte bezeichnet "A.Watteau inxit / Aubert Sculp." und mit dem Titel. Kräftiger und gegensatzreicher Druck auf Bütten mit gleichmäßigem Rand um die Einfassungslinie und dem Text. 24,9 x 19 cm. Papier: 28,1 x 20 cm.
17311603471731. In der Platte bezeichnet "A.Watteau inxit / Aubert Sculp." und mit dem Titel. Kräftiger und gegensatzreicher Druck auf Bütten mit gleichmäßigem Rand um die Einfassungslinie und dem Text. 24,6 x 19, 2 cm. Papier: 27,9 x 20 cm.
1751177606Paris. 1751. Engraved map 48 x 52.2 cm; 51 x 67.6 cm sheet provinces highlighted with outline hand-colour elaborate title cartouche central fold small tear at the foot affecting the border old paper repair on the verso affecting the margin only pin-holes to the four marginal corners margins a little browned and dusty a handsome map in good condition. Fine large format map showing China Korea Taiwan and parts of Central Asia prepared for De Vaugondy's "Atlas Universel". The beautifully foliated cartouche features a duo of joyful Chinese musicians one dancing and a diminutive figure holding a parasol. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
1797035987London: G. Nicol 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 11 1/8" Tall. Frontispieces Plates And Illustrations. Ii Xxxiv518; Ii Xx 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding Five Bands Morocco Spine Labels Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper Original Off-White Endpapers Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards Hinges Tight Contents Clean Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times Bookseller 94 Consular Road Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894 Erased In Volume 1 Of George Ernest Morrison And A Few Marginalia Which Appear To Be His; George Ernest "G. E." Morrison 1862 - 1920 Also Known As Morrison Of Peking Or Chinese Morrison Was An Australian Adventurer Appointed In February 1897 As The Times Correspondent In Peking Despite His Lack Of Knowledge In The Chinese Language. He Traveled To Vladivostok And Reported To The Times That Russian Engineers Were Making Preliminary Surveys From Kirin Towards Port Arthur Then Sent A Telegram To Say That Russia Had Presented A Five-Day Ultimatum To China Demanding The Right To Construct A Railway To Port Arthur. This Was A Triumph For The Times And Its Correspondent But He Had Also Shown Prophetic Insight In Another Phrase Of His Dispatch When He Stated That "The Importance Of Japan In Relation To The Future Of Manchuria Cannot Be Disregarded". After A Visit To Siam And England Then To Australia 1899-1900 He Returned To Peking. When The Boxer Uprising Broke Out And During The Siege Of The Legations From June To August Morrison As An Acting-Lieutenant Showed Great Courage Always Ready To Volunteer For Every Service Of Danger. After A Siege Of 55 Days The Legations Were Relieved By A Multinational Force Which Then Ransacked Much Of The Palaces In Peking With Morrison Taking Part In The Looting. There Was Great Uncertainty Regarding The Future Of China In The Following Months And Through The Times Morrison Managed To Depict A Skewed Picture Before The British Public. While Russia And Japan United In Opposing Any Dismemberment Of China The Country Was Nevertheless Punished By The Imposition Of A Heavy Indemnity. In 1904 Morrison Became A Correspondent With The Japanese Army. He Was Present At The Entry Of The Japanese Into Port Arthur Early In 1905 And Represented The Times At The Usa Peace Conference. In 1907 He Crossed China From Peking To The French Border Of Tonkin And In 1910 Rode From Honan Across Asia To Russian Turkestan. From Andijan He Took A Train To St Petersburg And Then Traveled To London Arriving On 29 July 1910. A Great Chinese Physician Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Succeeded In Staying The Spread Of This Mortal Sickness Which Seemed To Threaten The Whole World. Morrison Published A Series Of Articles Advocating The Launching Of A Modern Scientific Public Health Service In China. When The Chinese Revolution Began In 1911 Morrison Took The Side Of The Revolutionaries. In August Morrison Resigned His Position On The Times To Become Political Adviser To The Chinese Government And Immediately Went To London To Assist In Floating A Chinese Loan Of £10 Million. In China During The Following Years He Had An Anxious Time Advising And Endeavoring To Deal With The Political Intrigues That Were Continually Going On. He Visited Australia Again In December 1917 And Returned To Peking In February 1918. He Represented China During The Peace Discussions At Versailles In 1919 But His Health Began To Give Way And He Retired To England Well Aware That He Had Only A Short Time To Live. He Died On 30 May 1920 . A Nice Historical Association. Later Ownership Signatures Of G B Wilson. <br/> <br/> G. Nicol hardcover
1797223222London.: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly. 1797. 2 folding maps 30 copper plate engravings including engraved title page 6 xv 475pp 2 Errata and Directions to the Binder 3 publisher's advertisements; recent half calf early mottled-papered boards spine gilt decorated and lettered to style flecked fore edges 22 x 13.5cm boards a little rubbed the text age-toned and the plates with marginal foxing previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and the neat inscription of three others to the prelims a very good copy of the octavo edition. Handsome copy of the abridged octavo edition of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to China 1792-4 by his secretary and "Minister Plenipotentiary in the absence of the Ambassador" George Staunton. Many of the illustrations are after drawings by William Alexander whose "views remained unrivalled until the era of photography" Lowendahl. . Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. hardcover
176111997Halle, Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1761. Gr.-8° (22,5-25 cm). 29, 696 S. Pergamanteinband der Zeit
176011995Halle, Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1760. Gr.-8° (22,5-25 cm). 50, 664 S. Pergamanteinband der Zeit
174985191AB(1749). Kupferstich, unter Passepartout. Plattengrösse: 19,5x27,5 cm. Blattgrösse: 28x42,2 cm. Passepartout: 34,7x50 cm.
173858781BBNapoli, Francesco Ricciardo., 1738. 8°. Gestochenes Frontispiz, 4 n.n. Bl., 293 S., 3 n.n. S. Tavola. Mit einer mehrfach gefalteten gestochenen Karte von China und 5 (2 gefalteten) gestochenen Ansichten. Pergamentband der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel.
17740943-15Paris, Saillant & Nyon etc. 1774. Tome 25 et 26 (ap.). 8°. 2 Bl., 462; VIII, 478 S. Ldr. d. Zt. Mit Rückengoldpräg., Stehkantenvergold. Tit. alt gestemp. In sehr gutem Zustand.
17751691811775. QIANLONG EMPEROR OF CHINA 1736-1796. Suite of four engravings depicting the conquests of the Qianlong Emperor. From the suite of sixteen engraved plates. Printed in Paris under the direction of Charles-Nicholas Cochin. Broadsheets image size: 515 x 890 mm. Preserved in the contemporary French green paper mounts with black ink outline borders. Professionally framed. With the original French printed labels describing the individual engravings affixed to back of frames. Paris 1769-1774. These four contemporary hand-coloured engravings represent individual scenes from the exceedingly rare series of sixteen engravings commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor to commemorate the victory of his 1755-1760 military campaigns against the Western Mongols. The four plates are: I. "General Fou Te Accepts the Surrender of the Ili" showing the triumphal march of the Emperor and his general to Beijing. Drawn by Sichelbart and engraved by B.L. Prévost in 1769 Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens 1; II. "The victory of Khorgos." in the Spring of 1758 against the forces of Amoursana. Drawn by J. D Attiret cut by C. N. Cochin and engraved by J. Ph. Le Bas in 1774. Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens 4; III. "The great victory of the Qurman." on February 3 1759 when the Chinese general Fou-te with only 600 soldiers defeated an army of 5000 Muslims. Drawn by Damasceno and engraved by A. de St. Aubin in 1770. Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens 8. IV. "The Emperor Gives a Victory Banquet to the Officers and Soldiers who have distinguished themselves in battle" at Tseu-kuang-ko the Imperial Palace Gardens Beijing on July 5 1754. Drawn by Castiglione and engraved by J. Ph. le Bas 1770 Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens 16. These large Chinese-French prints are among the most impressive works ever produced by the method of copper engraving. This is the first series of engraved plates to document the conquests of the Qianlong Emperor. They represented an amalgam of Chinese imagery Italian interpretation and Parisian copperplate engraving at its apogee. The drawings were supplied by Jesuit artists attached to the Emperor's court in Beijing. Upon completion they were shipped to France for engraving as the craft was unknown in China. After the Emperor was shown battle prints by the Augsburg artist Georg Philipp Rugendas 1666-1743 he wished to see his military conquests recorded in intaglio prints as well. He therefore ordered his Jesuit court painters Giuseppe Castiglione 1688-1766 called "Lang Shining" Jean Denis Attiret 1702-1768 "Wang Zhicheng" Ignaz Sichelbart 1708-1780 "Ai Qimeng" and Giovanni Damasceno Sallusti i.e. Joannes Damascenus a SS. Concepcione d. 1781 later bishop of Beijing called "An Deyi" to prepare sketches for the prints which they did in 1764 and 1765. Four of the drawings had been completed by the time of Castiglione's death when the decision was made to send the work to France via the ships of the Compagnie des Indes. According to the Emperor's decree no expense was to be spared. The first four drawings reached Paris in the autumn of 1766 and the remaining twelve in July 1767. The Marquis de Marigny director of the Academie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture decreed that the work should be carried out under the supervision of Charles-Nicholas Cochin 'fils' 1715-1790. As the French paper manufacturers did not have paper of the desired proportions the paper-merchant Prudhomme was ordered to make it to custom; the new size was called Grand Louvois. The copperplates were imported from England. Cochin chose Beauvais for the actual printing of the sheets on the grounds that he was "the only one who can be completely trusted both regarding his talents as well as his honesty which is well-known." The work proceeded slowly; standards of the highest quality were called for and some of the pictures especially the one by Sallusti needed careful editing. The original order was for 100 copies of each print but by 1768 this figure was increased to 200 copies so that at least 100 would survive the journey back to China ! -- however several authorities claim that many copies were lost at sea. In any event the final delivery was not shipped until 1775 occasioned in part by the difficulty the printers had producing a uniform series of prints from drawings by different artists. Three of the initial drawings were made by Attiret six by Damasceno one by Sichelbart and at least two by Castiglione; the remaining are unsigned but have been attributed to Castiglione by C. & M. Beurdeley and others. The engravers were L.J. Masquelier 1 J. Aliamet 2 J. Ph. Le Bas 5 A. St.-Aubin 2 F.D. Née 1 B.L. Prevost 2 P.P. Choffard 2 and N. de Launay 1. The Emperor's instructions stated that all the impressions were to be sent to him along with the original copper plates. However there is plentiful evidence that prints were pulled for the King of France and influential persons in Paris as well. Most of the surviving sets and individual prints appear to belong to this surreptitious group. The above series is not only a landmark in the history of Chinese and European art but also testifies to the direct artistic cooperation between China and Europe in the eighteenth century. It has been a common misconception that China was only interested in itself and detested the foreigners -- here the Emperor himself proved the contrary. VERY RARE IMPRESSIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY FRENCH HAND-COLOURING. The complete set of sixteen black and white engravings or a few individual prints from this set have come onto the market for sale only rarely. We can locate no other examples of any of the prints with contemporary colouring having been for sale or in public or private collections. PROVENANCE: Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1829-1906 the uncle of Theodore Roosevelt and great-uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt. He was an early conservationist and worked for the protection of waterways. Roosevelt served in Congress and was later appointed to a diplomatic post in the Netherlands. He is credited with influencing his nephew Theodore Roosevelt to become a conservationist. With the ownership label "R.B. Roosevelt/ 26 East 20th Street/ New York" attached to the verso on one print. Cohen-De Ricci 1012-1013. Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica 641-642. Fünf Jahrhunderte Buchillustration 141. Brunet V 1178. P. Pelliot "Les conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine" T'oung Pao ed. H. Cordier & P. Pelliot vol 20 1921 pp. 183-274. Michèle Pirazzoli t'Serstevens Gravures de conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine Kien-Long au Musée Guimet 1969. Hartmut Walravens "The Introduction of Copper-Engraving into China" 62nd IFLA General Conference August 25-31 1996. unknown
1750900104AG[Leipzig:, Arkstee und Merkus, 1750]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 24 x 19 cm. Bildmaß: 19 x 14 cm.
1750900112AG[Leipzig:, Arkstee und Merkus, 1750]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 24 x 19 cm. Bildmaß: 19 x 14 cm.
1750900103AG[Leipzig:, Arkstee und Merkus, 1750]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 24 x 19,5 cm. Bildmaß: 19 x 14 cm.
1750900106AG[Leipzig:, Arkstee und Merkus, um 1750]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 23,5 x 19 cm. Bildmaß: 19 x 14 cm.
1750900111AG[Leipzig:, Arkstee und Merkus, 1750]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 22,5 x 18,5 cm. Bildmaß: 19 x 14 cm.
170763463ABLeyden, Aa, 1707. Volume 17. 8°., 4 BL., 27 S., 398 S., 72 S., 3Bl., gefalt. Karten von Grönland, Island, Babylonien, Syrien, Palestina, Mittelmeerraum, späterer.Halbledereinband, guter altergem. Zustand,
1784009888Paris: Chez De Bure Barrois Aîné et Barrois Jeune 1784. Book. Very Good. Morocco. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Two volumes bound in full contemporary red morocco the back intricate floral gilt marbled end papers all edges gilt the armorial bookplates of De Verdon front paste downs. 5" x 3". ii 246 xxxix 230 pages. Very Good the boards soiled small hole front gutter Vol. I. The first two volumes only of this seven volume set generally considered the most interesting as they contain Noel's observations on the origin nature and effects of moral and political philosophy in China during the Qing Empire. Chez De Bure, Barrois Aîné et Barrois Jeune Hardcover
1798007522Paris, F. Buisson An 6 de la République 1798 bzw. Lepetit 1807, 1798. viii, 515; 412; 399 S. Unbeschnittene Orig.-Interimsbroschuren mit gedruckten Rückenschildchen. Der Atlas als kleinformatiger, unter Verwendung des alten Materials restaurierter Lederband der Zeit mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. (Fortsetzung des Titels:) a la suite de l'Ambassade de Lord Macartney, par John Barrow; Traduit de l'Anglais par J. B. J. Breton. Mit 21 doppelblattgroßen Kupferstich-Tafeln (davon 2 koloriert) (= Bibliothèque portative des Voyages, Tome XLII). Zur besseren Durchsetzung britischer Interessen in China ernannte König George III. Lord Macartney (1737-1806) zum ersten Botschaft am chinesischen Kaiserhof. Er wählte Georges Staunton (1737-1801) als Sekretär und Stellvertreter auch wenn die Popularität von dessen Beschreibung der ersten großen britischen Chinareise kaum darüber hinwegzutäuschen vermochte, daß den Briten vieles im Reich der Mitte unklar und dunkel blieb. Immerhin enthält Stauntons Werk die ersten ausführlichen Nachrichten über den Pei-ho, den die Gesandtschaft im August 1793 bis zur Stadt Tung-tschóu hinauffuhr. Unser Exemplar der ersten französischen Übersetzung leider ohne den vierten Textband mit den 3 gefalteten Karten! Cordier: Bibliotheca Sinica 2384f. Die Broschuren mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, jedoch unbeschnitten und damit zum Aufbinden geeignet. Der kleinformatige Atlas mit Besitzvermerk von 1888. Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein noch ordentliches Exemplar, dessen beiliegender Tafelband einen guten Eindruck von Land und Leuten Chinas zur damaligen Zeit vermittelt.
1800ED14-1008Berlin, Haude und Spener, 1800. Pappband der Zeit, 12?, [6], [233]-514 Seiten (Paginierfehler: Sprung in der Z?hlung von S.432 auf S.443 ; S.473-478 doppelt gez?hlt) mit 25 Kupfertafeln inkl. Frontispiz, durchgehend etwas stockfleckig, Einband etwas berieben, sonst guter Zustand
1777NWT41117Berlin, Joachim Pauli, 1777. 792 Seiten, ein Kupferstichporträt als Frontispiz, eine Titelvignette, 6 ausklappbare Kupfertafeln, Pappband der Zeit, Bibliotheksexemplar mit Stempeln und Signaturen, Einband etwas fleckig, berieben und bestoßen, Papier altersbedingt etwas gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten.
178812314ABParis, L'Auteur, o. J. [1788]. 4°. o. Pag. [49 Bll.]. Priv. HLd. späterer Zeit.
176015718Carl Hermann Hemmerde, Halle und Helmstädt (Helmstedt), 1760. Titel, 38 nn., 955 Seiten. 8vo. Pappe.