‎Porcelaine chinoise‎

‎[MISSION PAUL PELLIOT] [BANNIERES ET PEINTURES DE TOUEN-HOUANG] - NICOLAS-VANDIER (Mme) - HAMBIS (sous la Direction de Louis)- Volume XV‎

‎Bannières et Peintures de Touen-Houang conservées au Musée Guimet - Planches‎

‎Paris, imprimerie Nationale, 1976. 1 volume in-4, reliure pleine toile beige, II-133 pp., enrichi de216 illustrations, très bon état.‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot - Documents Archéologiques publiés sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Ouvrage édité avec le Concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation Dourlans) Du centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, sous la Direction de Louis Hambis. Ouvrage publié par Madame Nicolas-Vandier avec le concours de Mmes Gaulier, Leblond et Maillard et M. Jera-Bezard. Volume XIV de la Mission Pelliot -Planches‎

Référence libraire : 12431

‎[MISSION PAUL PELLIOT] [BANNIERES ET PEINTURES DE TOUEN-HOUANG] - NICOLAS-VANDIER (Mme) - HAMBIS (sous la Direction de Louis)- Volume XV‎

‎Bannières et Peintures de Touen-Houang conservées au Musée Guimet - Planches‎

‎Paris, imprimerie Nationale, 1976. 1 volume in-4, reliure pleine toile beige, II-133 pp., enrichi de216 illustrations, très bon état.‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot - Documents Archéologiques publiés sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Ouvrage édité avec le Concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation Dourlans) Du centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, sous la Direction de Louis Hambis. Ouvrage publié par Madame Nicolas-Vandier avec le concours de Mmes Gaulier, Leblond et Maillard et M. Jera-Bezard. Volume XIV de la Mission Pelliot -Planches‎

Référence libraire : 13017

‎[MISSION PAUL PELLIOT] [ASIE CENTRALE] [DOULDOUR-AQOUR] [SOUBACHI]- HAMBIS (sous la Direction de Louis)- Volume III‎

‎Douldour-Aqour et Soubachi (Planches)‎

‎Paris, imprimerie Nationale, 1967. 1 volume in-4, reliure pleine toile beige, 17 pp., enrichi de 124 planches (297 figures), 10 plans et 8 dessins, très bon état, état de neuf (a very good copy, as new).‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot - Documents Archéologiques publiés sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Ouvrage édité avec le Concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation Dourlans) du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, sous la Direction de Louis Hambis. Volume III de la Mission Pelliot, Douldour-Aqour et Soubachi (planches).‎

Référence libraire : 13013

‎[MISSION d'OLLONE] 1906-1909‎

‎Ecritures des Peuples non Chinois - Quatre Dictionnaires des Peuples non Chinois de la Chine - Quatre Dictionnaires Lolo et Miao-Tseu dressés par le Commandant d'Ollone avec le Concours de Monseigneur de Guébriant, Evêque du Kien Tch'ang‎

‎Paris, Ernest Leroux, Editeur, 1911. 1 volume in-4, 301 pp., reliure plein cuir, enrichi de 9 planches , de 103 tableaux et d'une carte hors texte, bon état.‎

‎Cet ouvrage contient un Dictionnaire des Caractères Lolo employès dans le Pays Indépendant, près de Kang Siang Ying, un Dictionnaire des Caractères lolo employés dans le Pays Indépendant, près de Kiao Kio, un Dictionnaire des Caractères Lolo employés dans le Pays Indépendant près de Wei Ning Tcheou (Kouei Tcheou et Yun Nan), un Dictionnaire des Caractères Miao Tseu employés près de Yong Ninh Hien (Sseu Tch'ouan Méridional).‎

Référence libraire : 2218

‎[MISSIONNAIRES EN CHINE] [LAZARISTES] - AROUD (Cyprien)‎

‎La vie en Mission - Souvenirs - Récits‎

‎En vente "Maison du Missionnaire" , Vichy, sans date, (1936). 1 volume in-8, broché, couvertures imprimées, 311 pp., enrichi d'une carte dépliante du Chékiang et de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc, très bon état.‎

‎Extraits des lettres de Cyprien Aroud, Missionnaire Lazariste en Chine, de 1899m à 1928. Le Père Aroud était Directeur de la Maison du Missionnaire à Vichy.‎

Référence libraire : 12576

‎[MISSION ARCHEOLOGIQUE EN CHINE] - SEGALEN - GILBERT DE VOISINS - LARTIGUE‎

‎Mission Archéologique en Chine‎

‎Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1923 (atlas) et 1935 (texte). Deux albums de planches contenant un choix des photographies archéologiques des missions de 1914 et de 1917 sous coffret. Un volume de texte, avec croquis et dessins consacré à l'Art Funéraire à l'Epoque des Han. Le second volume de texte prévu au projet n'a pas été publié. La publication complète comprend donc les 2 atlas de planches et un volume de texte. Planches sous chemises à lacets pour les 2 atlas, très bon état. Texte en 1 volume, 304 pp, orné de 121 figures et illustrations, reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, couvertures imprimées conservées, excellent état.‎

‎Tome I: XI pp., 4 feuillets de table des planches, planches I-LXIII . La sculpture et les monuments funéraires (Provinces du Chan-si et du Sseu-tch'ouan). Tome II: Planches LXIX-CXLIV - Monuments funéraires (Région de Nankin) - Monuments Bouddhiques (Province de Ssou Tch'ouan).‎

Référence libraire : 7168

‎[MISSION ARCHEOLOGIQUE EN CHINE] [KOUTCHA] - PELLIOT (Paul)‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot - Documents Conservés au Musée Guimet et à la Bibliothèque Nationale- Documents Archéologiques VIII - Sites Divers de la Région de Koutcha - Epigraphie Koutchéenne‎

‎Paris, Collège de France - Instituts d'Extrême-Orient - Centre de Recherche sur l'Asie Centrale et la Haute Asie, 1987. 1 volume in-4, broché, 204 pp., enrichi de XCVI planches, état de neuf.‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot, Volume VIII par Chao Huashan, Simone Gaulier, Monique Maillard, Georges Pinault- Table des Matières: Avant-Propos par Robert Jera-Bezard - Sites divers de la R?0gion de Koutcha par Moniquie Maillard - Les Grottes de Kizilgaha par Chao Huashan - Catalogue complémentaire des objets de la Région de Koutcha par Simone Gaulier - Epigraphie koutchéenne par Georges Pinault.‎

Référence libraire : 13018

‎[MISSION D'OLLONE] [MUSULMANS CHINOIS] - OLLONE (Commandant d') - VISSIERE (A.) - BLOCHAT (E.)‎

‎Recherches sur les Musulmans Chinois par le Commandant d'Ollone, le Capitaine de Fleurelle, le Capitaine Lepage, le Lieutenant de Boyve - Etudes de A. Vissière, Consul Général de France - Notes de E. Blochet, Attaché à la Bibliothèque Nationale et de divers savants.‎

‎Paris, Ernest Leroux Editeur, 1911. 1 volume in-4, XII-472 pp., reliure ancienne demi-chagrin à coins, plats cartonnés marbrés, orné de 91 reproductions photographiques, estampages et cartes et d'une grande carte dépliante hors texte, très bon état.‎

‎Rare publication sur les Musulmans Chinois, faisant partie des documents scientifiques de la Mission d'Ollone (1906-1909). Table des Matières: Les Musulmans du Yun-Nan - Documents sur le Seyyid Edjell Omar - Les Musulmans du Sseu-Tch'ouan - Les Musulmans du Kan-Sou - Les Musulmans du Turkestan Chinois - Les Musulmans de l'Est - Littérature Musulmane - Conclusions - Bibliographie - Index.‎

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‎[MISSION PAUL PELLIOT] [ASIE CENTRALE] [TOUMCHOUQ] - HAMBIS (sous la Direction de Louis) - Volume II‎

‎Toumchouq - (Texte)‎

‎Paris, imprimerie Nationale, 1964. 1 volume in-4, reliure pleine toile beige, XXIX- 446 pp., enrichi de 13 planches, 538 illustrations, avec la table des dessins et illustrations en pochette in fine, très bon état, état de neuf (a very good copy, as new).‎

‎Mission Paul Pelliot - Documents Archéologiques publiés sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Ouvrage édité avec le Concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation Dourlans) du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, sous la Direction de Louis Hambis. Volume II de la Mission Pelliot, Toumchouk (Texte).‎

Référence libraire : 13012

‎[Missionaries]. [China]‎

‎Mimeographed Letter Signed from an American Missionary in China Regarding Continued Contributions Despite the Chinese Civil War and Forwarding a Lucky-Charm Woodblock Print‎

‎Shanghai China: February 24 1928. Very good. 1p. plus colored woodblock print 21.5 x 12.5 inches. With original envelope. Old folds minor wear. Mimeographed fundraising letter sent by Reverend H.G.C. Hallock to a supporter in Vermont. Henry Galloway Comingo Hallock 1870-1951 was a West Virginia native who studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. He moved to China as a Presbyterian missionary and teacher in 1905 where he taught Sunday School served as a pastor and also taught theology at St. John's University in Shanghai. He survived war disease famine and a Japanese prison during World War II; he died in China in 1951. One thing that set Hallock apart was his inclusion of local Chinese woodblock prints with his fundraising letters which today have become desirable collectibles. Such a print is present here showing the God of War Wu-ti. His letter opens discussing the print:<br /> <br /> "Wars in China suggest sending you 'Wu-ti' the Chinese god-of-war. . The general idea about Wu-ti is that he delights in war. That is not the Chinese idea of him. . Officials and scholars worship him as the ideal of loyalty soldiers do it to make them brave and protect them in battle and the people worship him to protect them from war's horrors. He's called 'Peace Bringer Protector Great God of Loyalty.' But he makes not peace nor protects nor makes loyal so is a failure. He's also called 'Warrior Prince.' As to that name he's a great success! There are lots of wars."<br /> <br /> He goes on to discuss the many conflicts which are like "a real Chinese puzzle" noting that it's not the people of China who are at issue or fault. "Recently I have received letters from America suggesting that since 'China has altogether gone to the bad and the Chinese are absolutely impossible' and since our 'work among them has gone for nothing' then I should 'quit and come home.' I hope you don't think thus. The masses of Chinese tho reminding me of 'dumb driven cattle' are still friendly as ever. The war-lords the Nationalists the Reds the bandits wars and evil propaganda are disturbing elements; but they are NOT China nor the Chinese. . The troubles in China have come from a fiercely aggressive and 'noisy minority' who make the great mass of Chinese suffer untold hardships." He goes on to defend the Christian work being done in China as of great benefit to the people. February 24 unknown‎

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‎[MONGOLIA and CHINA].‎

‎The Angus Ivan Ward Collection of Russian accounts of Mongolia and China.‎

‎Various places 1764-1914. . Collection of 15 titles in 18 vols.<br /> Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia including important and rare travel trade and exploration accounts.<br /> <br />Assembled by Angus Ivan Ward us consul in China and Russia during troubled times and ambassador in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Ward 1893-1969 served in the U.S. Army during World War I and then became U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden China in 1926; then in Tientsin in 1927-29 and again in 1932. He was sent to Moscow in 1938 and served as U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok during WWII in 1943. Before becoming U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan in 1952-56 he was back in Mukden as Consul in 1948 where he became the subject of the Ward Incident 1948-49. During the final years of the Chinese Civil War Ward and the consulate staff were imprisoned and held under house arrest by Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army for almost a year creating a diplomatic rift with the United States.<br /><br />Ward's collection is remarkable for its wide range comprising 150 years of Russian approach to China and their neighbouring region Mongolia before the Russian revolution. Including important as well as lesser works most in first editions and all rarely found on the market the collection not only presents an excellent panorama of Russian exploration of the region but also allows a rare understanding of the commercial and diplomatic relations between these two giant states. It is completed by scholarly works on local languages and cultures.<br /><br />Although Russian envoys and merchants were visiting and residing in Mongolia and China in the 17th century printed accounts of the relations between these countries became available to Russian readers only in the mid 18th century. At first they were Russian translations of works by Chinese authors such as An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan on the Volga in 1714 and Their Journey through Russia by Tulishen 1667–1741 which describes in detail the first official diplomatic mission of China to a European State. This early and important work later published in English by Staunton himself is represented here by a fine example of the first edition in Russian. <br /><br />One of the first Russian scholars of China is the celebrated and prolific monk Iakinf Bichurin 1777-1853. Leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking he spent 14 years in China learning the language and exploring the region. His Notes on Mongolia 1828 illustrated with fine hand-coloured plates is the first fundamental study of Mongolia by a Russian sinologist. When Bichurin's mission left Beijing the smooth transition with the new mission was under the control of the diplomat Egor Timkovskiy 1790-1875. His 3-volume Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821 1824 became the first significant travel account of a Russian to China collecting material on Eastern Turkestan Mongolia Tibet China and Korea.<br />The 1860 Beijing agreement ending the Second Opium War brought a new turn to the Russian exploration of the region. It was the result of Russian diplomatic efforts to facilitate negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and it allowed the establishment of a permanent Russian diplomatic presence in Beijing. The negotiations and Russia's role are described in detail in Baron Buksgevden's Russian China 1902.<br /><br />The last quarter of the 19th century was the most fruitful period for Russian exploration and the Ward collection includes some of the most important accounts published at that time. Due to an extension of the Great Game to the East many scientific Russian expeditions to Tibet and China were subsidized by the Russian Imperial Geographical Society with often a hidden agenda focusing on mapping the region and gathering intelligence data. <br /><br />An excellent example is given by Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a Russian army officer and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy. His Account of a Travel around Mongolia and Northern Provinces of Continental China 1883 mapped unknown parts of Mongolia and Inner China which he discovered during his 1878-79 exploration. Similarly a generation later another military Vasiliy Novitskiy published an account on central Mongolia 1911 accompanied by fifteen accurate and detailed maps of the region. <br /><br />One of the most famous Russian explorers of the region is Grigoriy Potanin 1835-1920 who conducted eight expeditions to Mongolia Tibet and China with some of them lasting up to two years. The present collection includes his rare and fundamental 2-volume study of Central Mongolia and the Eastern border of China published in 1893 to which Ward added a scarce volume of articles by Alexandra Potanina 1843-93 Potanin's wife and the first woman to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. <br />A diplomat himself Ward extended his interest to the economic and diplomatic relations between Russia China and Mongolia. Exploration missions were indeed often useful to trade missions organized by the largest Russian trading companies trying to find new routes to the East and to understand the legal and economic aspects of trading in the region. Fascinating accounts were published including for example an Expedition to China in 1874-75 by Yu. Sosnovskiy 1883 Notes the Russian-Mongolian Trade by M. Bogolepov 1911 and Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia by V. Popov 1912.<br /><br />Ward was a bibliophile and took great care of his purchases. All books are in excellent fresh condition and except the very rare Timkovskiy they are all complete with maps and illustrations. They have been bound in the mid 20th century in a uniform dark burgundy or brown colour in full cloth or in a quality half calf for the most important works except a couple of books such as the Tulishen which is in contemporary Russian half calf. During the binding work the maps were usually professionally laid on linen and carefully stored at the back of each volume in a pocket specially made. Most of the books bear Angus Ward's bookplate on the upper pastedown; some have supplementary earlier provenances.<br />The full collection comprises the following titles. A detailed description of each with notes is available on request.<br /><br />1. - - . TULIŠEN Larion Kalinovich ROSSOKHIN translator Gerhard Friedrich MILLER publisher. <br /> 1714 . ' '. An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan Ayuk on the Volga in 1714 and their Journey through Russia. Published in 'Monthly Essays on Scientific Affairs'. Imper. Akad. Nauk Skt. Peterburg 1764.<br /><br />A lovely fresh example of this early account of the Chinese mission to the Kalmyk Khanate - the first Russian edition of the first diplomatic mission to China to a European state according to the sinologist Mikhail Kapitsa. In the beginning of the 18th century the Kalmyk khanate situated in the South-East of the Russian Empire enjoyed autonomy in managing its domestic and foreign affairs. Ayuka Khan had a considerable authority both within the khanate and abroad and the Russian government relied on his military support to protect the borders of the Empire and make allies with the Asian states. The Tulišen's mission was pre-approved by Peter the Great and aimed at forming a military union against the Dzungar Khanate. <br /><br />Originally published in Beijing in 1723 in Chinese and Manchurian this account became known in Europe thanks to the French translation issued in 1729. In 1732 a scientist of a German origin based in Saint Petersburg and the publisher of the "Ezhemesiachnye sochineniya" "Monthly essays" Gerard Miller issued his German translation of the account. Miller however didn't fully trust the accuracy of the French text on which he based his German translation; he wished to use a Russian translation based directly on the Chinese or Manchurian original. Miller's goal was achieved when he discovered a Russian translation of the travel account done by Larion Rossokhin a knowledgeable translator from Chinese and Manchurian and a resident at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He resided in China for many years and had a chance to work with the original Manchurian text. Before passing away in 1761 Rossokhin left all his documents and translations to the Academy of Sciences including the unpublished translation of the Tulišen's work which Miller tracked down. For clarity Miller supplied his own notes and comments in addition to those of Rossokhin.<br /><br />Description and Bibliographical references: July 1764: title 96 pp.; August 1764: title 99–192 pp.; September 1764: title 195-288 pp.; October 1764: title 291-384 pp.; November 1764: title 387-480 pp.; December 1764: title 481-576 pp. An account of the Chinese mission: pp. 3-48; 99-150; 195-234; 291-353; 387-427; missing upper fly leaf and small part of title page with no loss of text light spotting throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards two red calf labels to spines; corners slightly bumped. <br /><br />2. TIMKOVSKIY EGOR. 1820 1821 Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821. Tip. meditsinskogo dep. Ministerstva vnutrennikh del Sankt Peterburg 1824. <br /><br />First edition very rare. For several decades after its publication this account remained the most comprehensive and reliable source of information about the region and was subsequently translated into English German and French. In 1820 Egor Timkovskiy 1790-1785 writer diplomat and a Privy Councillor was entrusted to accompany a new Russian mission to Beijing led by Archimandrite Petr Kamenskiy. On the way back to Russia he was to ensure a safe return of the 9th mission headed by Iakinf Bichurin who spent 12 years fulfilling his duties in Beijing. Timkovskiy set off from Kiakhta in August 1820 and returned a year later having stayed in Beijing for 9 months. He used this time to explore geography history and culture of the region and subsequently published his findings in 1824 upon the Imperial order. <br />The first volume of his work follows the caravan route between Kiakhta and Beijing; the second one provides an overview of China Eastern Turkistan Tibet and Korea; and the third one is dedicated entirely to the description of history geography religion as well as political and economical organization of Mongolia. <br /><br />3 vols 8vo 22.3 x 14.5 cm. Half-title engr. title letterpress title XVIII 388 pp. with 1 folding plan and a map laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear ; Half-title frontispiece letterpress title 8pp. 409 pp. with 2 facsimile 1 plate and a folding plan plan laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Title 6 433 2 37 4pp. with 3 plates; lacking pp. 159-160 frontispiece and a plate in vol 3 small light marginal waterstain to some ll. in vol. 1 and 2 title and p. IX in vol. 1 with neat marginal repair not affecting text. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper covers and spine exlibris of Ward to upper pastedowns. <br /><br />Provenance: Nikolay Kolchin owner's inscription to half-title in vol. II Rayskiy's library at the theologival seminary of Tambov ink stamp to title of vol. II.<br /><br />3. FAR EAST – BICHURIN Monakh Iakinf. Notes on Mongolia. Skt. Peterburg 1828.<br /><br />A lovely fresh copy of a rare book illustrated with hand-coloured plates by one of the major Russian scholars on China. Bichurin 1777-1853 was named in 1805 leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking and head of the Sretenskiy monastery in this town. During his 14-year stay he learnt Chinese compiled his own dictionary and prepared other scholar works for later publication. The first volume of the present work gives an account of the journey and the second volume a detailed examination of the geographical and political condition of the Mongols and their life and customs.<br /><br />2 vols in one 8vo 20.5 x 13.2 cm. xii 231pp. with 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates; vi 339 pp. folding engraved map with hand-coloured outlines laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; occasional marginal notes in pencil. Later half calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br />Obolyaninov 1027. <br /><br />4. . ORLOV A. - Mongolian-Buryat grammar. Gladysheva Kazan 1878.<br /><br />8vo 25 x 16 cm. Title X 265 VI pp; light marginal waterstain to several pages at rear traces of removed label on title. Later calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />5. PEVTSOV M.V. . Account of the Travel around Mongolia and the Northern Provinces of the Inner China. Omsk 1883.<br /><br />First edition of this travel account describing unknown parts of Mongolia and inner China. Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a young Russian army officer devoted traveler and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy went with a caravan of merchants from Bijsk to Kalgan and back through the Southern Altai Mongolia and Gobi Desert thoroughly mapping the territory of altogether about four thousand kilometers. His detailed account covers the region's terrain rivers lakes brief history of its settlements; and characterizes local trade and animal productions. The large folding map of Mongolia clearly delineates the main geographical points of the territory between Irkutsk in the north Peking in the south and Lake Zaysan modern Kazakhstan in the west.<br /><br />A 20-pp. extract was published earlier in Izvestija Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obschesctva 1880 Vol 16. issue 5 pp. 435-457.<br /><br />Provenance: E.I. Yakushkin important historian and ethnographer with a library of about 15000 volumes 1826-1905 stamps to wrapper and title; Library of Shanyavskiy University Moscow stamps to wrapper and title.<br /><br />Title 2 IV 354 2 pp. with folding map of Mongolia laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; library stamps to title and upper wrapper. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine original wrappers bound in ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. Cf. for Yakushkin: Ivask IIp. 96.<br /><br />6. SOSNOVSKIY Y.A. 1874-75 . Expedition to China in the years 1874-75. Ivanov Moskva 1883. <br /><br />An account compiled by the Ukrainian born Colonel Sosnovskiy 1842-1895 who headed the 1874-75 expedition to China aimed at finding new land routes to Chinese trade markets. Among other tasks set by the Russian government the expedition was to evaluate opportunities for expanding trade with China find most favourable locations for Russian consulates and fabrics and also collect intelligence information on the Dungan revolt taking place in the Eastern regions of the country. The expedition resulted in establishing a new route to China which was 1600 versts shorter than the one used before. <br />In the mid 1870s still weakened after Russo-Japanese war the Russian Empire concentrated its geopolitical interests in Asia. Its activity in Central Asia and attempts to create spheres of influence in Tibet and China brought Russia on the brick of war with England which was itself aiming to dominate in the region. Both countries were actively conducting military intelligence in China considering it a possible future war arena. At that point Russian Empire sent multiple missions to Mongolia China and Tibet with most of them being headed by officers of the General headquarters. Sosnovskiy headed two such expeditions. <br />His account of the 1874-75 mission first appeared in the Izvestia Russkogo Imperatorskogo Obshchestva 1876 vol 12 issues 1 2 3 5 6 with the offered example being the first edition in the book form. <br /><br />Title V 894 II pp. with large folding map of China laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; lacking pp. 141-2 instead bound duplicate of pp. 189-190 ink stamp and inventory number to title light occasional spotting. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br /><br />7. POTANIN Grigoriy Nikolaevich. - Tangut-Tibetan border of China and Central Mongolia. Skt. Peterburg Suvorin 1893.<br /><br />An account of the two years expedition led by the famous Russian explorer and scientist Potanin 1835 - 1920 to the territories on the border of China and Tibet. Apart from Potanin himself the expedition of 1884-6 included his wife ethnographer Alexandra topographer A. Skassi and zoologist M. Berezovskiy. The group travelled from Beijing through two northern Chinese provinces to arrive in Gansu in 1884. Having spent a year researching the territories on the Eastern border of Tibet they travelled back to Russia in 1886 through Nanshan district and Central Mongolia. This work presents richly illustrated material collected during the expedition including geography ethnography and zoology of the region.<br /><br />2 vols 4to 29 x 22.5 cm. Title XVIII 657 XVIII 2 pp. with 42 photogravures and 3 maps incl. 2 large folding laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Frontispiece title XII 437 XIX pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedowns; very slightly rubbed. <br /><br />8. DEKEN Constant de. A Travers l'Asie. Polleunis et Ceuterick Bruxelles 1894. <br /><br />8vo 22.6 x 16.4 cm. XI including title 367 pp. with 30 plates and 1 folding map; some light occasional spotting. Contemporary brown cloth gilt lettering to spine; traces of a removed label on upper pastedown.<br /><br />9. POTANINA A.V. : . Travels around Eastren Siberia Mongolia Tibet and China: collection of articles. Moskva Gerbek 1895.<br /><br />A posthumous publication of the complete collection of articles including the unpublished ones by Potanina 1843 - 1893 a famous explorer of Asia and the first women to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. Along with her husband Grigoriy Potanin who made a very significant contribution to the research of Central Asia she took part in four expeditions to the region researching ethnography geography and economy of Mongolia Tibet and Inner China. <br /><br />8vo 24.5 x 17 cm. Frontispiece title 4 XLII 296 pp. 5 lithographed plates incl. 3 in colour. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />10. . BUKSGEVDEN Baron A. : 1860 . Russian China: notes on the diplomatic relations between Russia and China The Convention of Peking of 1860. Noviy Kray Port Artur 1902.<br /><br />The publication of this work was triggered by the events in China in 1900 when the massive rebellion against foreign intervention in Chinese provinces resulted in extensive violent attacks on foreigners official missions and Christian monuments. To protect their interests German American British and Russian forces advanced on Beijing and put an end to the rebellion which was supported by the Chinese government. <br /><br />The author found the developments of 1900 to have direct connection to the ones that took place 40 years before when at the culmination of the Second Opium War the British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. Reflecting on these events Baron Buksgevden describes the diplomatic efforts of the Russian representative Ignatiev in 1860 to facilitate the negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and their successful outcome for the Russian Empire. <br /><br />The editor was planning to continue the work with description of the events of 1900 in China but the second part was never published. <br /><br />Small 4to 21.5 x 15.5 cm. Title 2 II 2 III 239 pp. Later maroon cloth binding gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br /><br /><br />11. TSYBIKOV G.Ts. - - : Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening. Vostochniy institut Vladivostok 1910 1913.<br /><br />The first translation into a European language of the first part of this important text on Indian Buddhism in a scholar edition with text in Mongolian and in Russian with many linguistic notes. The 'Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening' is the main work of the great Tibetan religious leader Tsongkhapa 1357-1419 which outlines the ideas of Buddhism in the form of a guide and describes the stages of the path of spiritual development up to the achievement of full awakening. <br /><br />Tsybikov 1873-1930 an explorer ethnographer and orientalist was one of the first foreigners to travel in Tibet where he secretly conducted research and recorded his journey in photographs. During his travels he obtained Mongolian texts of Lam-Rim from which he wrote a translation into Russian. According to Tsybikov only the first part of Tsongkhapa's work was available in Mongolian at that time.<br /><br />Two issues bound in 1 vol. 8vo 22.8 x 16.3 cm. 8 pp. incl. title XLVIII 312 pp. 2; 10 pp. incl. title XLI 294 II pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; spine very slightly rubbed. <br /><br />12. . . . BOGOLEPOV M.I. and M.N. SOBOLEV. - Notes on the Russian-Mongolian Trade. Sibirskoe tov. pechatnogo dela Tomsk 1911.<br /><br />An account of the expedition organized by Tomsk Society of the Siberia Research independently of the Moscow Trade Mission that was initiated in 1910. The expedition was subsidized by the three largest companies trading with Mongolia and aimed at researching all aspects of the Mongolian trade system including its legal and economic aspects.<br /><br />8vo 26.6 x 18 cm. Title VII 498 2 pp. with 20 photoengravings on 10 plates and 1 folding map pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />13. NOVITSKIY V.F. - - - 1906 Travels around Mongolia in 1906. Voenneya tipografiya Skt.Peterburg 1911. <br /><br />After the end of the Russo-Japanese war the Russian troops in Manchuria where Colonel Novitskiy served where awaiting relocation that was not promising to take place soon. Therefore it was not difficult for Novitskiy to receive a permission to explore the neighbouring Mongolia in the meantime. During his expedition which was partly sponsored by the Imperial Geographical Society Novitskiy meticulously recorded his geographical and meteorological observations as well as specimens of flora and fauna that he encountered. The account also greatly benefits from the enclosed fifteen accurate maps of the region and expedition routes compiled by Novitskiy. <br /><br />Large 8vo 27.7 x 17.6 cm. IV including title 400 pp. with 15 folding maps all pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; traces of old tape to inner margin of several leaves small marginal loss to the general map of expedition route in Mongolia. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />14. . . . – POPOV V.L. and others. Mo Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia. Riabushinskiy Moskva 1912.<br /><br />An account compiled by the participants of the trade mission initiated at the meeting of the Russian industrialists and entrepreneurs in 1910. The expedition was headed by the colonel Popov and included representatives of the biggest trade companies such as V. Shkarin K. Koliadov I. Morozov and others. In Mongolia the group studied stock raising production of fur local banking and trade systems as well as the country's geographical political and administrative characteristics. <br /><br />Large 8vo 27 x 18.8 cm.Title 2 353 pp. with 35 photoengr. and lith. plates and folding map pasted on linen. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />15. RUDNEV A.D. - : 1 2 3 Khori-Buryat dialect: issues 1 2 and 3. Petrograd 1913 – 1914. <br /><br />8vo. 10 pp incl. title CXX; title 128 2 pp.; title 135 2pp. 4 pp. advert. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown original upper wrappers of three issues bound in extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />Provenance: Library of the Oriental Institute stamps to upper wrapper and titles.<br /> [Various places, 1764-1914]. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 90438

‎[MUSEE CERNUSCHI]‎

‎Fan Tchun-Pi, Artiste Chinoise Contemporaine - Soixante Tableaux ou Soixante Ans de Peinture‎

‎Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1984, Catalogue d'Exposition 21 janvier 11 mars 1984. 1 volume 4vo, [55], paperback with illustrated cover, many colour plates, as new.‎

Référence libraire : 2244

‎[MUSEE CERNUSCHI]‎

‎LEncre des Lettrés de Taiwan, Peintures et Calligraphies Chinoises du XVIIe au XIXe Siècle‎

‎Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1986. Catalogue d'Exposition 21 décembre 1985 16 février 1986. 1 volume 4to, [137], paperback with illustrated cover, many plates in colour and in black and white, as new.‎

Référence libraire : 2241

‎[MUSULMANS CHINOIS]‎

‎Prières des Musulmans Chinois, traduit sur l'original en arabe et en persan. Da 'Aouat el Moslemim, imprimé à Canton en 1876.‎

‎Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1878. 1 volume in-8, 45 pp., orné d'un frontispice représentant la prière du vendredi, dans la Mosquée du Saint-Souvenir (dessin de Regamey), à Canton et de 2 planches. Ouvrage broché, non coupé, couvertures salies et poussiéreuses, avec d'importantes mouillures claires, presque toujours présentes sur les exemplaires de ce livre, sans atteinte au texte, sinon état correct. Some light waterstains on the lower parts of the sheets, boards soiled and dusty, inside clean and uncut, overall good condition.‎

‎Rare ouvrage de traduction de textes religieux musulmans, parus à Canton en version arabe et persane en 1876.(NS)‎

Référence libraire : 9886

‎[MUSEE CERNUSCHI]‎

‎Wou Tso-Jen, Siao Chou-Fang - ou la Modernité dans la tradition de lencre et les fleurs de Chine‎

‎Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1987. Catalogue d'Exposition 16 mai - 12 juillet 1987. 1 volume 4vo, [59], paperback with illustrated cover, frontispiece of the two painters, many plates in colour and in black and white, as new.‎

Référence libraire : 2246

‎[Märchen der Welt]‎

‎Chinesische Märchen. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Richard Wilhelm. 46.-51. Tausend.‎

‎Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Düsseldorf-Köln, o.J. (um 1961). 384(4) Seiten, OHalbLeinen, goldgeprägter Rücken, Farb-Kopfschnitt. Lesebändchen. Gutes Exemplar. Mit s/w-Abbildungen. Exemplar der Reihe: Märchen der Weltliteratur. Begründet von Friedrich von der Leyen. Bleistiftanstreichungen in den Bemerkungen. Gutes Exemplar. Good copy.‎

Référence libraire : 14961

‎[NATIONALIST CHINA - PROPAGANDA BOOKLET].‎

‎Interpreting China. May 1945.‎

‎Sydney.: Ministry of Information China. 1945. Black and white photographic illustrations 72pp. Leaves evenly browned lower wrapper little damp-stained along spine upper cover abraded upper corner overall a good copy. 21 x 14cm. A well-illustrated propaganda booklet for the peoples of Allied nations touting the successes of the Kuomintang regime as the war with Japan enters its final stages. Within are multiple articles concerned with China's plight and development as well as a summary of the Communist-controlled Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region. . Ministry of Information, China. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 215424

‎[NIXON GOES TO CHINA].‎

‎人民日報 Renmin Ribao: President Nixon and Chairman Mao. People's Daily.‎

‎Beijing. February 221972. Four pages with a number of photographic illustrations including the iconic image on page 1 of chairman Mao shaking hands with Richard Nixon. Text in simplified Chinese characters 56 x 39.5cm. Paper lightly browned minor washi repairs to small tears at edges else in very good condition. Two full pages are devoted to Richard Nixon's visit; page one includes Nixon being met at the airport by Premier Zhou Enlai Li Xiannian Guo Moruo Ji Pengfei Wu De and other Chinese leaders. Page two features the texts of speeches that Zhou Enlai and Richard Nixon both gave at the banquet hosted by Chinese leaders and various photographic illustrations of events during the visit. . unknown‎

Référence libraire : 218393

‎[ohne Autor]‎

‎Durch Berge und über Flüsse - Die Eisenbahnlinie Tschengdu-Kunming,‎

‎Peking, Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1976. kl.4°, 71 S. mit zahlr. s/w und Farbabbildungen, farbig illustr. original Heft, Einbanddeckel mit Anrissen (sauber mit säurefreiem Filmoplast hinterlegt), obere Heftecke zum Teil bestoßen, sonst gutes, sauberes Exemplar‎

Référence libraire : 15002CB

‎[OPIUM]‎

‎La Guerre de l'Opium‎

‎Pékin, Editions en Langues Etrangères, par le Comité de rédaction de la Collection "Histoire Moderne de la Chine", 1979. 1 volume in-8, 151 pp., reliure demi-basane à coins, broché, illustré de 8 planches hors texte, très bon état.‎

‎La guerre de l'opium, vue du côté chinois.‎

Référence libraire : 11271

‎[OPIUM WARS - ANTIQUE PRINT].‎

‎Capture of Canton: Major Luard assisting a French Soldier to scale the bastion. and Interior of a Chinese Theatre. caption titles‎

‎London.: The Illustrated London News. March 271858. Two half-page engravings: 15.5 and 17.6 x 22.7 cm on a single newspaper leaf explanatory text for each engraving overleaf a top corner chipped edgewear sheet toned sound condition. Engravings prepared for "The Illustrated London News" during the Second Opium War 1856-1860. The upper engraving illustrates Allied French and British Forces attempting to scale the wall during the Second Battle of Canton 1857. The associated text overleaf claims the feat for the French. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown‎

Référence libraire : 180025

‎[PAPERS ON CHINA] [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]‎

‎Papers on China (Vol. 17) - From Seminars at Harvard University - 1963-1964‎

‎Published and distributed by the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, December 1963. 1 volume in-quarto, 252 pp., hard covers with cloth binding, typed text, a very good copy. Stamp of Irwin Hyatt Jr from the Harvard-Yenching Institute.‎

‎This volume (No 17) includes papers by: A. B. Woodside: Early Ming Expansionism (1406-1427): China's abortive Conquest of Vietnam - Edward L. Farmer: James Flint versus the Canton Interest (1755-1760) - Irwin T. Hyatt: Protestant Missions in China (1877-1890): The Institutionalzation og Good Works - Leong Sow-Theng: WAng T'ao and the Movement for self-strengthening and reform in the Late Ch'ing Period - Mark Elwin: THe Mixed Court of the International Settlement at Shanghai (until 1911) - A.B. Woodside: T'ang Ching-sung and the Rise of the 1895 Taiwan REpublic - Vincent S.R. Brandt: Landlord-Tenant RElations in the Republican China - R. Randle Edwards: The Attitude of the People's Republic of China toward International Law and The United Nations.‎

Référence libraire : 9494

‎[PAUL PELLIOT]‎

‎Paul Pelliot - Carnets de Route 1906-1908‎

‎Paris, Editions Les Indes Savantes, 2008. 1 fort volume in-4, couvertures cartonnées illustrées, 477 pp., enrichi de 8 planches hors texte in fine, exemplaire à l'état de neuf.‎

‎Transcriptions du manuscrit original établies par Escarmonde Monteil pour le français, Huei-Chung Tsao pour le chinois, Ingrid Ghesquière pour le russe - Révision et avertissement de Francis Macquin - Coordination de Jérôme Gesquière. Table des matières: Préface de Jean-François Jarrige - Avertissement aux lecteurs de Francis Macouin - Carnets de Paul Pelliot (1906-1907-1908) - Lettres de Paul Pelliot- Lettres de Charles Nouette - Annexes - Notes biographiques - Lexique- Index des personnes - Index des lieux - Illustrations.‎

Référence libraire : 13020

‎[PAR UN MISSIONNAIRE F.G.]‎

‎Souvenirs de Chine - Par un Missionnaire (GENNEVOIX Félix)‎

‎Montreuil-Sur-Mer, Imprimerie Notre-Dae des Près, 1892, troisième édition. 1 volume in-12,124 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures imprimées conservées mais brunies, jaunissement uniforme du papier, et rousseurs pâles, illustré de quelques gravures et surtout d'un grand plan dépliant de la rade d'Hong Kong en1892.‎

‎Souvenirs personnels d'un missionnaire, curieux des moeurs chinoises. Peu courant. Table des matères: Traversé et naufrage - Canton et ses environs - Nan-Hiong - Si-lin - Leou-iang - Péking. Derrière les initiales F.G. se cache le prêtre Missionnaire Félix Gennevoix des Pères Chatreux de Montreuil-sur-mer.‎

Référence libraire : 9848

‎[PEINTURE CHINOISE] [CHINESE PAINTING] [MUSEE CERNUSCHI]‎

‎Dix Siècles de Peinture Chinoise - Peintures et Calligraphies de M. John M Crawford Jr‎

‎Ville de Paris, Musée Cernuschi, Editions Euros, Janvier-Février 1966. 1 volume in-folio, broché, couvertures souples illustrées, 8-54 pp., illustré de12 planches à pleine page ou à double page, très bon état.‎

‎Ce catalogue est constitué d'un avant-propos et d'une introduction de Vadime Elisseeff, Conservateur en Chef du Musée Cernuschi, d'une liste des oeuvres présentées et de la description de 76 oeuvres picturales.‎

Référence libraire : 3696