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8vo. x,144pp. Frontispiece engraving of the Emperor Tchien Loong. Original paper covered boards, printed label on the upper board. Half-title present. Spine entirely perished, boards well rubbed and worn, upper hinge neatly mended; a good copy in scarce irignal temporary binding. An abridgement of Aeneas Anderson's 'Narrative of the British embassy to China printed in the same year. See Cox, I, 344. ESTC T133375; Lowndes, p. 40. The author was on the staff of Earl Macartney's embassy to China in 1792-1794, historically important as it was the first British mission to China. Protected in a custom clamshell case.
An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China Carefully Abridged from the Original Work: with Alterations and Corrections, by the Editor, Who Was Also an Attendant at the Embassy
Anderson, Aeneas
London: Vernor and Hood, 1795.
Price: $1,000.00
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Tall 8vo. (viii),184,(iv)pp. plus inserted half-page colophon. Original green pebble-grain cloth; gilt titles. Illustrated with photographs and line cuts. Text in Chinese. According to the inserted colophon, The Cathay Philatelic Journal was established in 1941 in Shanghai, and this volume repesents Vols. I-IV, Whole Numbers 1-42. Ex-library copy with circular stamp on reverse of front free endpaper and stamp on top and bottom page edges. Old repairs to hinges, top of spine and front board; wear to corners and spine tips; else in very good condition. Scarce discussion of Chinese philately. Included near the end are reproductions of two pictures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his stamp collection, of a letter from President Truman, and of a clipping of the sale of Roosevelt's collection.
Cathay Philatelic Journal (Guo Cui You Kan)
Chen, T. C., ed.
Taipei, Taiwan: T. C. Chen, (ca 1942-1946).
Price: $150.00
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Folio. (i-iv),5-568pp. Illustrated with 11pp. of engraved plates; of these, 5 are folding, 4 have four engravings per page, and two have three, for a total of 27 engravings. Extracted from Volume IV of the 3rd edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather; spine in seven compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards; vellum corners. Occasional light foxing, 7 text pages have a discreet library stamp in the margin, else a near fine copy with wide margins in a fine modern binding. Gemelli travelled from Italy through Turkey, Persia, India, China, the Philippines, New Spain (Mexico), Cuba, Spain, France and back to Italy. Most of the plates are from the trip to Mexico, though three of the large folding plates depict China. Gemelli's Voyage was first printed at Naples, 1699, and is here tranlated into English. Sabin, 13017, for the Collection. Lowndes, p. 2797
A Voyage Round the World. In Six Parts... Of Turky, Of Persia, Of India, Of China, Of the Philippine Islands, Of New Spain.
Gemelli-Careri, John Francis (Giovanni)
London: Henry Lintot & John Osborn, (1745).
Price: $1,000.00
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Folio. (26)173(2)pp. Printed in color throughout. Glossy pictorial boards. Preface by Mao Zhaoxi. 173 plates showing inscriptions from the Tang Dynasty through Late Modern Times. Photography by Wu Ting, Zhao Xiaokang and Hu Longzhao. Neat University library stamps on the edges and one on the front free endpaper else this is a fine copy. Text in Chinese and English.
A Collection of Elaborate Works of Stone Tablets in Yinzhou -- Selected Essence of Inscriptions
Songyue, Dai
2003.
Price: $350.00
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Tall thin 4to. 172pp. Original nubby brown cloth blocked in white and with a paste-on to the upper board. Full page map; illustated with over 20pp of schematics followed by 413 figures of photographs and rubbings. Text in Chinese, with an abstract in English. Bibliography. A fine, as new copy in publisher's cardboard slipcase, also fine.
Nanyang Han Dai Hua Xiang Zhuan; Decorated Tomb Bricks at Nanyang
Zhao, Chengfu, Zhongqing Chai and Feng Chen
Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1990.
Price: $250.00
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