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Detweiler Susan Gray; Meadows Christine Prologue & Epilogue
George Washington's Chinaware
New York: Harry N Abrams - Barra Foundation / Mt Vernon Ladies Association. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Marfree acidfree stated 1stEd; not written-in remainder reprint or ex-library. Full cloth ivory hvy undented boards with debossed emblem on f & titles on spine. 161 illustrations-- 55 plates in full color. Fine/NrFine shiny DJ is buffed and shows a couple of light scuffes. Mail SAMEDAY! ; 9.25 x 11.5"; 244 pages; George Washington's Chinaware will delight lovers of fine china serious collectors and history buffs. Illustrations of pottery marks a detailed appendix a comprehensive bibliography and an epilogue and a prologue which provide information about the china's history after the death of the president and his wife are included in this fascinating book. A recipe from Martha Washington's cookbook quaint advertisements and over 150 illustrations enable the author to present not only an account of America's First Family but of life in the colonies as well. . Harry N Abrams - Barra Foundation / Mt Vernon Ladies Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18 ISBN : 0810917793 9780810917798
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Detweiler Susan Gray Written By with Prologue and Epilogue By Christine Meadows
George Washington's Chinaware
Harry N. Abrams 1982. Bookplate on back of front endpaper 1/2" tall embossed intials on title page light dust smudges near sides of covers. Light colored d/j slightly smudged. A Barra Foundation/Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Book Near white cloth with brown lettering on spine and emblem on front cover. 244 pages. Stated First. Hard Cover. Very Good to Near Fine/Near Fine d/j. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010114 ISBN : 0810917793 9780810917798
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Detweiler Susan G
Washington's Chinaware
New York NY U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated 1982. 244 pp index family trees bibliography tipped-in color frontispiece color and b/w illus throughout. " 'Pray let them be neat and fashionable or send none' wrote 26-year-old George Washington in an addendum to his request for 'fine oblong china' dishes." Standard library markings. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good-/Very Good-. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002724 ISBN : 0810917793 9780810917798
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Deutsche Denker über China
Herausgegeben von Adrian Hsia
Frankfurt, Insel, 1985. Kl.-8vo. 390 S., 1 Bl. u. Verlagsanzeigen. Or.-Kart. (Insel Taschenbuch, 852). - Vereinzelt zarte Bleistiftanmerkungen
Bookseller reference : 203867
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Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (Hg.)
Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 32. (zweiunddreißigster) Bd., I, II, III, IV.
Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner, 1956. 1. Aufl., 4 Teilbände in 1. 130, 160, X, 126, 50 S. 8°, HLnbd. der Zeit. 57.
Bookseller reference : 171771
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Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (Hg.)Hans (Hg.) WEHR und Herbert (Hg.) Franke
Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 34. (vierunddreißigster) Bd., I, II, III, IV.
Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner, 1962. 1. Aufl., 4 Teilbände in 1. 89, XV, 52, XV, 160, XX, 244 S. 8°, HLnbd. der Zeit.
Bookseller reference : 171773
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Deutsches Friedenskomitee (Hrsg.)
Asiens Völker und der Frieden.
Berlin, Berliner Verlag, 1952. 8°. 39 Seiten. Original Broschur.
Bookseller reference : 29356
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Deutschland und China 1937 - 1949
Politik - Militär - Wirtschaft - Kultur
Eine Quellensammlung. Herausgegeben von Mechthild Leutner. Bearbeitet von Wolfram Adolphi u. Peter Merker. Berlin, Akademie, 1998. Gr.-8vo. 543 S. Or.-Pp.; Rücken mit Bibliothekssignatur. (Quellen zur Geschichte der deutsch-chinesischen Beziehungen 1897-1995).
Bookseller reference : 175904
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Devay Fr.
Journal d'un voyage dans l'Inde anglaise � Java dans l'archipel des Moluques sur les c�tes m�ridionales de la Chine � Ceylan 1864
Paris: Firmin Didot fr�res fils et Cie 1867. Livre. Tr�s bon. Demi-cuir. Ed. originale. In-8. Firmin Didot fr�res fils et Cie Paris 1867. 2 tomes reli�s en un volume. 18 x 245 cm R in-8� XXXII pp. 407 pp. & 4 pp. 472 pp. ; avec 4 planches hors texte : 1 planche lithographi�e et colori�e le Taj-Mahal � Agra du c�t� de la Jumna 1 planche lithographi�e en noir Un �l�phant porteur de reliques et chefs kandiens � Ceylan toutes deux plac�es en frontispice de chaque tome et deux photographies originales contrecoll�es Tombe d'Akmud Oud Doula Agra et Vue de l'int�rieur de la Cha�tya grottes de Karli reliure demi basane fauve dos � 5 nerfs orn� de fers dor�s avec pi�ces de titre olive et grenat tranches mouchet�es. Rare r�cit d'un voyage de 11 mois fait � travers l'Asie par un homme de 67 ans "touriste �g�" comme il se d�finit. Les bibliographes Cordier Bib. sinica p. 2130 ; Numa Broc Asie pp. 140-141 ne nous apprennent rien sur l'auteur dont on ignore jusqu'au pr�nom. Homme du Second Empire il est fascin� par la modernit� et la vitesse la distance qu'il parcourt en moins d'un an est impressionnante et fort admiratif de la civilisation britanique et de la colonisation anglaise. Son ouvrage fourmille de renseignements utiles au voyageur prix et dur�e des transports description des h�tels. et de descriptions pittoresques. Tr�s bel exemplaire la reliure �tant l�g. frott�e mais tr�s solide l'int�rieur tr�s frais. Firmin Didot fr�res, fils et Cie Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0110
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Development and Planning Board of Pudong
Shanghai Pudong New Area Image Atlas
<p>This book shows the planning and development of the Pudong area of Shanghai from 1990-2001 much of it using high-tech methods. Cover shows slight wear interior is as new. Book contains 153 pages illustrated with maps. 14.5" x 10.5" Bi-lingual English and Chinese. There appears to be a stamp on the edge of the pages.</p> China Cartographic Publ. House hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio3 ISBN : 7503126213 9787503126215
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DEVERIA (G.)
La Frontière Sino-Annamite - Description Géographique et Ethnographique d'après des documents officiels chinois traduits pour la première fois par G. Deveria, Membre correspondant de l'Ecole Spéciale des Langues Orientales Vivantes.
Paris, Ernest Leroux, Editeur, 1886. 1 fort volume in-4, XVII-182 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir tabac, enrichi de nombreuses cartes, planches et dessins, imprimé sur beau papier. Quelques discrets tampons d'une bibliothèque Viennoise mais l'ensemble est en très bel état. Ouvrage rare et riche en illustrations.
Bookseller reference : 11047
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DEVIC (L.-Marcel) - [VOYAGE de MONTFERRAN VERS LA CHINE]
Le Voyage de Montferran de Paris à la Chine publié d'après un manuscrit de la Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier
Paris, Maisonneuve Frères et Ch. Leclerc, Libraires-Editeus, 1884. 1 plaquette, 36 pp., couverture souple imprimée, bon état.
Bookseller reference : 8383
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DEVILLERS, PHILIPPE.
Was Mao wirklich sagte.
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DEVILLERS, PHILIPPE.
Was Mao wirklich sagte.
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DEVLOO Edmond C.I.C.M.
An anthology of 3600 classified Chinese proverbs and wise sayings
Taipei, Formosa, Hua Ming Press 1970 ii + 563pp., original 1970-edition, hardcover (green editor's with gilt lettering), 22cm., small sttain on blanco endpapers, else in very good condition, rare, X81815
Bookseller reference : X81815
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DEVLOO Edmond C.I.C.M.
An anthology of 3600 classified Chinese proverbs and wise sayings
ii + 563pp., original 1970-edition, hardcover (green editor's with gilt lettering), 22cm., small sttain on blanco endpapers, else in very good condition, rare, X81815
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DEWALL, Magdalene von:
Pferd + Wagen als Kulturgut im frühen China untersucht nach den Liedern des Shih Ching und bisherigen Ausgrabungen. Band I und II. Zus. 2 Bde.
Selbstverlag, o.J., in-4to, 6 Bl. + 330 Bl./ 231 Bl., Halbleinen, kartonniert.
Bookseller reference : 97226aaf
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Dexel, Thomas
Chinesisches Porzellan.
Darmstadt., Schneekluth Verlag. 40 Seiten Text und 31 Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Ohne Jahr (um 1960). Erschien in der Reihe: Wohnkunst und Hausrat - einst und jetzt, herausggegeben von Heinrich Kreisel, Band 57. Zustand: Das Buch ist in gutem Zustand., ein lädierter (Einrisse, Aufhellungen) Schutzumschlag liegt bei. 8°. OHalbleinen.
Bookseller reference : 051221
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Dexel, Thomas
Chinesisches Porzellan. Mit 31 Abbildungen auf Tafeln.
Darmstadt, Schneekluth (ca 1956). 40 S. OHLwd mit OU. Umschlag mit kl. Beschädigung. (=Wohnkunst und Hausrat einst und jetzt Bd 37).
Bookseller reference : 3985AB
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Dexel, Thomas
Chinesisches Steinzeug. Mit einer Karte und 37 Abbildungen auf Tafeln.
Darmstadt, Schneekluth 1957. 34 S. OHLwd. (=Wohnkunst und Hausrat einst und jetzt Bd 30).
Bookseller reference : 3980AB
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Dexel, Thomas
Frühe Keramik in China. d. Entwicklung d. Hauptformen vom Neolithikum bis in d. T'ang-Zeit.
Braunschweig, Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1973. 28 cm. 84, 48, 80 S. : überwiegend Ill. Lw., Or.-Umschl., Sehr guter Zustand.
Bookseller reference : 444BB
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Deydier Christian
Les bronzes chinois. Le guide du connaisseur
Suisse / France: Office du Livre - Soci�t� fran�aise du livre 1980 Reliure pleine toile verte �diteur; jaquette illustr�e en couleurs. 156 illustrations dont 41 en couleurs dans le texte la plupart � pleine page glossaire chronologie bibliographie index. � Cet ouvrage qui fait la synth�se sur les bronzes chinois illustr� de pi�ces conserv�es dans le monde entier offre �galement des conseils avis�s aux amateurs un glossaire des termes chinois ainsi qu'un catalogue de pi�ces conserv�es dans les mus�es.� Office du Livre - Soci�t� fran�aise du livre hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000957 ISBN : 2851090933 9782851090935
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DEYDIER (Christian)
Understanding Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Their Importance in Chinese Culture, Their Shapes, Functions and Motifs
Paris, Christian Deydier, 2015 1 volume, in-8, 212 pp., soft illustrated covers, enriched with coloured and black and white photographs and illustrations of Chinese Bronzes' structures and patterns, with minor stains on front edges and minor writings on the front page, overall very good condition.
Bookseller reference : 8989
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Deydier, Christian
Chinesische Bronzen.
Mchn, Hirmer, (1981). Aus dem Französischen von Ursula Lienert. Mit sehr zahlreichen Abbildungen nach Zeichnungen sowie zahlreichen z.T. ganzseitigen, z.T. farbigen Fotoabbildungen. 4°. 256 S. OLeinen mit Schutzumschlag.
Bookseller reference : 15577
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Deydier, Christian
Chinesische Bronzen. (Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Ursula Lienert).
München, Hirmer (1981). * Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen. 256 S. 28,5 x 25,5 cm. Original-Leinenband mit farbig illustriertem Original-Umschlag.
Bookseller reference : 114054
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Deydier, Christian
Chinesische Bronzen. (Übers. aus d. Franz. v. Ursula Lienert).
München, Hirmer, (1980). 256 S. Mit zahlr., meist far. Abb.sowie Krten und Zeichn. 29 cm. OLn. m. SU.
Bookseller reference : 88978
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DEYDIER, Christian:
Les bronzes chinois. Le guide du connaisseur.
Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1980, in-4to, 252 p., rich. ill., reliure en toile originale avec jaquette. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 75037aaf
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DEYDIER, Christian:
Les bronzes chinois. Le guide du connaisseur.
Fribourg, Office du Livre; Paris, Société Française du Livre, 1980, in-4to, 252 p. 156 illustrations, dont 41 en couleurs et 102 ill. n/bl, nombreux ill. dans le catalogue, reliure en toile originale avec jaquette + étui carton, bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 85852aaf
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Di Cosmo Nicola
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750
8vo, br.ed. pp.544. Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity offers an integrated picture of Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppes during a formative period of world history. In the half millennium between 250 and 750 CE, settled empires underwent deep structural changes, while various nomadic peoples of the steppes (Huns, Avars, Turks, and others) experienced significant interactions and movements that changed their societies, cultures, and economies. This was a transformational era, a time when Roman, Persian, and Chinese monarchs were mutually aware of court practices, and when Christians and Buddhists criss-crossed the Eurasian lands together with merchants and armies. It was a time of greater circulation of ideas as well as material goods. This volume provides a conceptual frame for locating these developments in the same space and time. Without arguing for uniformity, it illuminates the interconnections and networks that tied countless local cultural expressions to far-reaching inter-regional ones.
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Di Cosmo Nicola and Don J. Wyatt
Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History
8vo, br. ed. Boundaries - demanding physical space, enclosing political entities, and distinguishing social or ethnic groups - constitute an essential aspect of historical investigation. It is especially with regard to disciplinary pluralism and historical breadth that this book most clearly departs and distinguishes itself from other works on Chinese boundaries and ethnicity. In addition to history, the disciplines represented in this book include anthropology (particularly ethnography), religion, art history, and literary studies. Each of the authors focuses on a distinct period, beginning with the Zhou dynasty (c. 1100 BCE) and ending with the early centuries after the Manchu conquest (c. CE 1800) - resulting in a chronological sweep of nearly three millennia.
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Di Cosmo, Nicola [Editor]; Frank, Allen J. [Editor]; Golden, Peter B. [Editor];
The Cambridge History of Inner Asia . The Cinggisid Age
8vo, hardcover in dj, volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographically, it focuses on the continental region from East Asia to Eastern Europe. Beginning in the twelfth century, the volume moves through to the establishment of Chinese and Russian political hegemony in Inner Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Contributors use recent research and new approaches that have revitalized Inner Asian studies to highlight the world-historical importance of the regimes and states formed during and after the Mongol conquest. Their conclusions testify to the importance of a region whose modern fate has been overshadowed by Russia and China.
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Diakonoff, I. M. & Alexander Kirjanov (Tr. )
EARLY ANTIQUITY
Light shelfwear to book. Very light foxing to top of textblock. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 1.36 x 9.26 x 6.38 Inches; 486 pages; The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I. M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East, Central Asia, India, and China. Diakonoff and his colleagues, nearly all working within the general Marxist historiographic tradition, offer a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of historical knowledge from the beginnings of agriculture through the advent of the Iron Age and the Greek colonization in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea areas. Besides discussing features of Soviet historical scholarship of the ancient world, the essays treat the history of early Mesopotamia and the course of Pharaonic Egyptian civilization and developments in ancient India and China from the Bronze Age into the first millennium B. C. Additional chapters are concerned with the early history of Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine, the Hittite civilization, the Creto-Mycenaean world, Homeric Greece, and the Phoenician and Greek colonization. This volume offers a unified perspective on early antiquity, focusing on the economic and social relations of production. Of immense value to specialists, the book will also appeal to general readers. I. M. Diakonoff is a senior research scholar of ancient history at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Leningrad Academy of Sciences.
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Dian
Ein versunkenes Königreich in China
Kunstschätze aus dem Museum Yünnan in Kunming, Volksrepublik China. Herausgegeben von Albert Lutz. Ausstellungskatalog. Zürich 1986. Kl.-4to. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen. 148 S., 4 Bl. Or.-Pp. [3 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 46152
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Dias, Antonio
Trabalhos. Arbeiten. Works. 1967-1994.
Ostfildern., Cantz Verlag., 1994. 28 x 25 cm. 175 S. OPappband mit OUmschlag., 30231AB Erste Auflage. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 30231AB
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Dick Bell:
TO THE SOURCE OF THE YANGTZE
VG/VG octavo 380pp. Title page carries a dedication, but not unsightly. First edition. The British Hovercraft Expedition to China, March 1990. With 32pp colour photographs capturing all the excitement of tackling the great river.
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Dickinson, G(oldworthy) L(owes)
Briefe eines chinesischen Gelehrten
Aus dem Englischen Dickinson ins Deutsche übertragen von Albert Malata. Celle, Kampmann, 1925. 58 S. Or.-Hlwd.; leicht gebräunt.
Bookseller reference : 179649
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Die dreizehnstöckige Pagode
Altchinesische Liebesgeschichten
Deutsch von Franz Kuhn. Essen, Dom Vlg., 1956. 423 S., 3 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit Schutzumschlag.
Bookseller reference : 91421
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Die gelben Orangen der Prinzessin Dschau
Aus dem chinesischen Urtext von Walter Strzoda
München, Hyperion, 1922. Kl.-8vo. 290 S., 1 Bl. Schlichter Hlwd.d.zT: (Dichtungen des Ostens. Der chinesischen Novellensammlung Djin-Gu Tji-Guán Erste Folge). [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 94205
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Die Große Mauer
Geschichte, Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte Chinas
Vorwort von Jacques Gernet. Texte von Luo Zewen u.a. Frankfurt, Umschau, 1982. 4to. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen fotografischen Abbildungen u. Illustrationen. 191 S. Or.-Pp. [4 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 89846
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Die Große Mauer
Geschichte, Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte Chinas
Vorwort von Jacques Gernet. Texte von Luo Zewen u.a. Frankfurt, Umschau, 1982. 4to. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen fotografischen Abbildungen u. Illustrationen. 191 S. Or.-Pp. mit Schutzumschlag.
Bookseller reference : 159061
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Die Jadelibelle
Roman
Aus dem Chinesischen von Franz Kuhn. Zürich, Manesse, 1952. Kl.-8vo. 279 S. Or.-Lwd. mit Schutzumschlag; dieser etwas fleckig u. am oberen Kapital beschädigt. (Manesse Bibliothek der Weltliteratur). [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 191322
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Die Kämpfe in Tientsin, Peking und Kiautschou / China - Richter, Julius Wilhelm Otto
Deutsche Seebücherei. Band 27. Unsere Marine in China 1900. 1901. Zweiter Teil: Die Kämpfe in Tientsin, Peking und Kiautschou.
Altenburg, S.-A.: Stephan Geibel Verlag 1911. 127 S. / Buchschmuck R. Starcke, Schrift: Fraktur illustrierter Kaliko - Einband, gebundene Ausgabe, Exemplar in guten Erhaltungszustand
Bookseller reference : 10120
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Die Nacht
Auf den Spuren eines Geheimnisses
Themenheft der Zeitschrift DU. Heft Nr. 818. Zürich, Du Kulturmedien AG, Juli / August 2011. Fol. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. 129 S. Or.-Kart.; leichte Gebrauchsspuren. - Erste Seite mit kleinem privaten Besitzvermerk
Bookseller reference : 203460
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Die neunköpfigen Ungeheuer vom Zweidrachenberg
Märchen und Volkserzählungen aus China
Aus dem Chinesischen übersetzt u. frei nacherzählt von Herbert Bräutigam u. Gabriele Wittrin. Berlin, Holz, 1974. Mit zahlreichen, teils ganzseitigen farbigen Illustrationen von Irmhild u. Hilmar Proft. 209 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit Schutzumschlag. [5 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 174929
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Die Rache des jungen Meh
oder das Wunder der zweiten Pflaumenblüte
Aus dem Chinesischen übertragen von Franz Kuhn. Zürich, Arche, 1949. 303 S. Or.-Lwd.; minimal fleckig.
Bookseller reference : 87252
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Die rote Sonne erhellt den Weg
auf dem Dadschai vorwärtsschreitet
Peking, Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur, 1969. Kl.-4to. Durchgängig mit teils farbigen fotografischen Abbildungen. 134 S. Illustrierter Or.-Kart.; Rücken verblasst. [3 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 209357
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Die Taiping-Revolution
Zusammengestellt vom Kollektiv für die "Serie der Geschichte des modernen China"
Peking, Vlg. f. fremdsprachige Literatur, 1977. Kl.-8vo. Mit 1 Karte u. Tafelabb. 174 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Brosch. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 78040
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Die Welt eines Kindes
Bilder Wang Yanis
Begleitband zur Ausstellung im Forum für Kulturaustausch im Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart. Übersetzt von Christiane Gräfin Finckenstein. Beijing, Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur, 1984. Gr.-8vo. Mit zahlreichen, meist ganzseitigen u. farbigen Abbildungen. Ohne Seitenzählung (ca. 50 Bl.). Farbiger Or.-Kart. [4 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 207197
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Diederich Theobald OFM
Das prophetische Bewusstsein bei Jeremias - biblisch-theologische Erörterung
Tsinanpu (Missionsdruckerei) 1942 (= Erste Ausgabe). 8°, Orignalbroschur (Paperback), 161 S., 1
Bookseller reference : V19115
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DIEGO DI PANTOGIA / DE PANTOJA / DIDACO PANTOIA
Relatione dell'entrata d'alcuni padri della Compagnia di Giesu nella China, et de' particolari successi, che loro occorsero, et delle cose notabili, che videro nel medesimo regno
In -8°, pp, 88, cartonato, tagli rossi. Sul verso del frontespizio altro titolo: “Lettera del padre Diego di Pantogia della Compagnia di Giesù al Padre Luigi di Guzman Provinciale nella Provincia di Toledo. Scritta in Pachino corte del Rè della Chiana a di 9 di Marzo, dell’anno 1602. Pubblicata originariamente in spagnolo nel 1605 questa lunga lettera, qui nella sua prima versione italiana, si distingue per la chiarezza argomentativa del testo, quasi giornalistica nel riportare dettagli della vita politica, economica, sociale e religiosa cinese. Il libro è valutato nodale anche come testimonianza circa i rapporti fra religione cattolica e Islam: “This is a very early source written by Christian on Muslims in China proper. The almost non-judgmental treatment of Islam is particularly interesting, although it must be noted that the text was written befor the Jesuit-Muslim conflicts fo the later part of the 16th century, so it must be possible to assume that relations at this time were fairly amicable. [...] The descriptions of Muslim life in China are fairly extensive in comparison with other texts of the early 17th century although, like its counterparts, the text focuses more on other religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Judaism”. (Thomas Davies, John Chesworth, “Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History”, 2012, vol. 11, p. 294. Diego de Pantoja o Diego Pantoja (Valdemoro 1571 – Macao 1618) era un gesuita e missionario portoghese in Cina, noto per aver accompagnato Matteo Ricci a Pechino, dove Diego avrebbe lavorato come astronomo, geografo e musicista. Nel 1617 fu processato come nemico degli astronomi cinesi (aveva apportato alcune correzioni al calendario) ed espulso dalla Cina. Published before in Spanish, this long letter, here in its first Italian edition, is valued as remarkable not only about early contacts between Christian Europe and China, but also about the relationship between Catholic religion and Muslim one: “This is a very early source written by Christian on Muslims in China proper. The almost non-judgmental treatment of Islam is particularly interesting, although it must be noted that the text was written befor the Jesuit-Muslim conflicts fo the later part of the 16th century, so it must be possible to assume that relations at this time were fairly amicable. [...] The descriptions of Muslim life in China are fairly extensive in comparison with other texts of the early 17th century although, like its counterparts, the text focuses more on other religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Judaism”. (Thomas Davies, John Chesworth, “Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History”, 2012, vol. 11, p. 294. Diego De Pantoja (1571-1618) was a portuguese jesuit and missionary in China, known for getting along Matteo Ricci to Beijing, where Diego was an astronomer, a geographer and a musician. He purpoused some changes to Chinese calendar, and in 1617 was prosecuted and banished from China.
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