‎Porcelaine chinoise‎

‎China Crow Carl‎

‎The Travelers' Handbook for China Including Hong Kong‎

‎New York: Dodd Mead 1921. Third edition revised. Hardcover. Good overall. Carl Crow 1884 - 1945 an American newspaperman author and traveler moved to Shanghai in 1911; he was one of the most successful Americans in the city opening the first western advertising agency in Shanghai and founding the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. Crow's Handbook was enormously popular; this edition includes the color folding map of the settlements or municipalities of Shanghai the French the "Chinese City" and the International Settlement. Crow lived in the city for a quarter of a century a period which began with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. He departed in 1937 as the city was being bombed by the Japanese. Large 12mo v 314pp Index x pp 9 maps of which 6 are folding. Original blue gilt cloth title in English and Chinese in gilt at front cover; rear cover with yin yang device within gilt boarder. English title at spine gilt slightly faded. Binding separated from text block front end papers torn & marked at bottom edges three of folding maps loosely inserted. <br/><br/> Dodd Mead hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 25631

‎Mieville China Moorcock Michael Di Filippo Paul Ryman Geoff‎

‎Cities: The Very Best of Fantasy Comes to Town‎

‎Four Walls Eight Windows. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Four Walls Eight Windows unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : GRP9523995 ???????? : 1568583044 9781568583044

‎China; Photographs‎

‎Real photo postcards of the Xinh�i G�m�ng Xinhai Revolution of 1911 Taken by an American‎

‎1911. A group of 13 vernacular photographs printed on postcards taken in 1911 by an American who was involved in supporting the Xinhai Revolution of 1911. The postcards are all annotated on the verso and give a picture of US involvement in San Francisco Yokohama and Canton. Two postcards illustrate the ties with Japan. One is a photo of a group of six Japanese in Western clothing including a young woman in a large open touring car with the annotation "This picture was taken in front of the Clift sic House Aug. 20 1911. " Cliff house was a prominent hotel in San Francisco. At this time the U.S. Navy was entertaining the Japanese training squadron in San Francisco. Another card shows two American men in rickshaws "Jinrikshas in Yokohama Japan". We presume that these men were the American naval attach�s or diplomats. The other 11 images are taken in Canton and two are related to the "72 Martyrs" that were beheaded. The annotations on the verso read: "Martyrs" who were beheaded by orders of Imperial Government for part they took in destroying the Viceroy's office 4/27/11. Soldiers are lined up on opposite side of pond just below people standing on embankment.; 11/19/11 Soldiers Rebels & sympathizers holding religious services at the graves of 72 "martyrs" buried in Canton cemetery. These were beheaded by orders of Imperial Govt. for party they took in destroying the Viceroy's office - 4/27/11. The rest are views of Canton- Canton River sampans & S. S. Wilmington in the distance American Gun boat; English Bridge Shameen to Canton a sign advertising "Yuen Hang Boulanger Canton" hangs to the right of the bridge; French Bridge Shameen to Canton this rather poor film; "One of the Bravest" on Shameen - looking up Central Ave. a soldier with a white domed hat and white puttees; Another view of the English Bridge Shameen to Canton; The American Consul's residence & office; Rear entrance to American consul's office - building on right used by the consul's coolies. Dr. Swan of Canton Hospital in his private sedan chair; along the Bund of Kook Four a suburb of Canton; View from the French Concession of Shameen looking towards Canton & near "French" Bridge. The Xinhai Revolution pinyin: Xinh�i G�m�ng also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911 was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty the Qing dynasty and established the Republic of China ROC. The revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings. The turning point was the Wuchang uprising on 10 October 1911 which was the result of the mishandling of the Railway Protection Movement. The revolution ended with the abdication of the six-year-old Last Emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912 that marked the end of 2000 years of imperial rule and the beginning of China's early republican era. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen led the Xinhai Revolution to victory in 1911. The Republic of China in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China on the mainland both consider themselves the legitimate successors to the Xinhai Revolution and honor the ideals of the revolution including nationalism republicanism modernization of China and national unity. 10 October is commemorated in Taiwan as Double Ten Day the National Day of the ROC. In mainland China Hong Kong and Macau the day is celebrated as the Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. Wikipedia. <br/><br/> hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 24937

‎China; Missionary; Boxer Rebellion Pierson Isaac‎

‎A Familiar Letter to Personal Friends. China mission appeal letter‎

‎Boston 1879. Very good condition. An appeal from an American Congregational mission at Pao Ting Fu China now Baoding in the period leading up to the Boxer Rebellion in which Rev. Pierson introduces a new colleague whose actions following the Rebellion ignited a major debate in the United States. William S. Ament 1859 - 1909 the new colleague was vilified by Mark Twain as part of the imperialist action to seize Chinese assets when he sought indemnities for destroyed mission property from the local Chinese people. Twain believed the missionaries in China served as a front for American imperialism; Ament had in fact been arrested by French and German troops in China and charged with attempting to extort money from the local villagers. However during the Rebellion itself and the attacks on foreigners Ament acted bravely: he personally travelled alone and unarmed to Tungchow rescuing the missionaries and Chinese staff there. In Beijing he moved provisions from the Methodist compound to the British legation which enabled the people there to survive the long siege. 8vo 4pp. Printed in Boston and distributed September 6 1879. Period folds; Faint tide mark lower corner. OCLC: 31344495 3 copies. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 23694

‎China; Photographs‎

‎2 China snapshot photos: Peking View & Chinese Troops in Tientsin‎

‎1930. Very good condition. A pair of real photo snapshots with contemporary annotation on the verso one "Pekin sic China" in pencil the second "Chinese troop Tiensen" sic. The Peking view is a bird's eye view showing a main thoroughfare with rickshaw and pedestrian traffic and many store fronts including one with a series of minarets at the top of the building. The second snap shot showing two rows of very young Chinese soldiers standing at attention in front of a military building with stucco facade with tents visible in the distance. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 23520

‎China; Trade Card‎

‎Nanking trade card "Jams & Co." Butchers & Bakers‎

‎1890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips. Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 23402

‎China Meyer Vilhelm; Ferguson Charles J. ed; Li Guangzhao‎

‎Andersen Meyer & Company Limited of China. Its History: its Organization Today Historical and Descriptive Sketches Contributed by Some of the Manufacturers it Represents. March 31 1906 to March 31 1931‎

‎Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. A presentation copy of a scarce volume celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Danish engineering company that brought western technology to the industrial development of 1900s China and secured the exclusive right to represent General Electric in China. Andersen Meyer first worked on a joint basis with an American import export firm based in Shanghai named Fearon Daniel & Company to set up an engineering firm in China. In 1907 it won the right to represent G. E. in China and in 1908 secured its first large contract with the Mukden Electric Light Works. The firm quickly diversified from the construction and engineering fields to partner with American makers of textile machinery and equipment selling the first cotton mill entirely equipped with American machinery. It also expanded into power plant machinery electrical machinery including Xray equipment plumbing and heating equipment agricultural machinery and drugs and chemicals. Offices were located in Tientsin Peiping Harbin Mukden Hankow Tsingtao Tsinan Hong Kong and Canton. Meyer Andersen represented the major American manufacturers of the day from G. E. American Radiator International Harvester Masonite Parke Davis once America's oldest and largest drug maker Sherwin Williams and more. This is a signed presentation copy to a long term business associate who was the principal of a company acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Co. from the founder Vilhelm Meyer and signed below Meyer's frontispiece portrait: "F. L. Robbins with thanks for your long and loyal cooperation. From your old friend Vilhelm Meyer. March 1931". The first section is written in English; the second section in Chinese translated and prepared by Kuang Chao Lee with a special title page and separate pagination with Chinese numerals. The volume is impressive for its wide array of b&w photographic illustrations in all the areas in which the company operated including staff portraits showrooms of the various departments interior views of factories including cotton & silk mills power plants lighting of Shanghai buildings railway and locomotive equipment and workshops and bridge construction. There is an unusual double spread photograph of the Bund in Shanghai with 29 numbered buildings and a chart below listing all the heating supplies provided by Andersen Meyer to the prominent landmark buildings all along the waterfront! pp92-93. The many images in a broad range of fields provide a vivid sense of the tremendous impact of western technology on China's industrial growth. In 1934 Vilhelm Meyer died and the ownership of the company passed to its main American partner General Electric. In 1949 following the founding of the People's Republic of China many international firms in Shanghai were nationalized including Andersen Meyer. By 1950 it was completely Chinese controlled. Large 4to 247pp; 134pp frontispiece b&w photographic illustrations including portraits of staff maps. With the book plate of F. L. Robbins at the front paste down. Dark blue stamped buckram covers title in English at front cover in Chinese at rear cover original titles in yellow somewhat dulled. We located four copies at the National Library of Singapore National Library of Australia the University of Hong Kong and Stanford. OCLC: 123199443. Libraries Australia ID 5041194. <br/><br/> Kelly and Walsh hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 23260

‎China; Boxer Rebellion; Racism‎

‎Anti-Chinese caricature from the Boxer Rebellion: "Celebrating the Allied Victory"‎

‎1900. Very good overall. Pen and ink caricature depicting a Chinese man held aloft by his pigtail by an Allied soldier with the handwritten title above. The soldier likely an American Marine wears a uniform with jodhpurs. He grins at the much smaller and grimacing Chinese man who hangs in the air dressed in a robe and dangling slippers. The Boxers were Chinese displaced by natural disasters and angered by the interference of the West through their opium trade and Christian missionaries. Eventually supported by the Qing government army they proceeded to attack foreign settlements and Chinese Christians in Northern China including in Tientsin. An alliance of foreign troops including Russians Japanese Americans British French Germans and Austrians was formed to protect their countrymen. The Allies were able after a great struggle and approximately 800 casualties to successfully repel the much larger force of Boxers and Chinese troops at the Battle of Tientsin on July 13-14 1900. The pen and ink caricature is a spontaneous sketch made by an American soldier celebrating victory and playing to anti-Chinese stereotypes consistent with those of the Yellow Peril ideology which surfaced in the west in the late 1800s. 1/2 x 10 1/4" contemporary fold. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 22685

‎China; Boxer Rebellion‎

‎Albumen photograph of Shanghai with American Civil War gunboat USS Monocacy with the British P & O Parramatta‎

‎Shanghai 1898. Very good condition. A large albumen view of the Shanghai harbor with an American Civil War gunboat and a British steamer as well as numerous smaller Chinese boats. USS Monocacy a side wheel gunboat of the US Navy was built in Maryland during the Civil War commissioned in early 1866 and sent out to the Far East serving for four decades becoming the longest lived of the "double-enders" built by the U. S. Navy. In the late 1860s Monocacy worked surveying Japanese waters and protecting American commerce. In 1871 the gunboat participated in an expedition to Korea's Han River; for most of the next three decades she was in China patrolling rivers and coastal areas. During the Boxer Uprising of 1900 Monocacy took part in the allies' combat operations against the Chinese; in June of that year she captured seven small craft off Tongku China. Following the capture of Peking by the China Relief Expedition Monocacy was docked at Taku Bar China. She remained there during the razing of the Taku forts. In 1903 Monocacy was sold to Hashimoto and Son Nagasaki Japan. The vessel seen at the right is the British vessel the 'Parramatta' built by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in 1882. She was designed for voyages between the United Kingdom Australia and the Far East and was equipped so that she could take up armed cruiser duty. In 1852 Parramatta made a bimonthly service from Singapore to Australia and in 1853 a Southampton to Australia via Capetown service began. 12 1/4 x 10". Laid on board with manuscript titles below. Light sunning at lower right corner. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 21971

‎China Henshaw John Prentiss Kewley‎

‎Embossed Cameo Calling Card of the Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island with Chinese characters‎

‎Boston: Dickinson. Very good condition. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw 1792 - 1852 was elected the fourth Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island in 1843 and served as rector of Grace Church in Providence. He is listed as one of the Missionary Bishops elect for Chinese mission in church minutes dated October 23 1844. In 1845 he served as co-consecrator with William Jones Boone who was the first Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. While it is not clear that Henshaw served in China one would assume that he had sufficient Chinese connection to warrant a calling card with his name in Chinese. Bishop Henshaw seems to have been a slave holder. The Rhode Island Historical Society which holds his papers from 1813 - 1852 Catalog number: MSS 1133 lists a bill of sale for a female slave named Fanny who Henshaw purchased in May of 1835 in Baltimore from a man named Charles Harrison. The embossed or "cameo" card with two female allegorical figures garlands and dove. With the bishop's name in elaborate hand with Chinese characters below. Mitchell Sc. embossed at lower left corner and banner with "Be these your guides". 3 3/4 x 2 1/2" <br/><br/> Dickinson unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 19067

‎China‎

‎Magic Lantern slide of Chinese interest‎

‎1880. Very good condition. A charming color panorama children's magic lantern glass slide showing a series of four scenes of Chinese people in traditional garb in natural settings. From a series of slides for children illustrating different peoples of the world. From left to right the first illustration is of a standing child holding a banner next to a seated gentleman holding a fan; two Chinese men holding Chinese umbrellas and rickshaw driver; Chinese gentleman with pipe and kneeling figure; and an elegant Chinese woman and rickshaw driver. A pagoda and Chinese buildings can be seen in the background with blue sky above. Edges of slide bound with pale blue paper. 11 3/4 x 4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 17855

‎China; Yale Kuan S. Peter‎

‎Chinese silk butterflies‎

‎1925. Very good overall. "This two butterflies came from China. Those are made by hand. I think those for the design of handbags or jackets." Mr. Kuan whose calling card is included was a foreign student in the United States during the mid 1920s. He is recorded in the Class of 1924 at the University of Northern Iowa and went on to Divinity School at Yale. He was active in the YMCA which continues to maintain a strong presence in Hong Kong today. "He completed his study at Yale in 1926 and returned to China with the aim of establishing a school. In 1929 he wrote to the student newspaper with an appeal. He had established an industrial school for poor girls. There he gave the girls a basic education in reading writing arithmetic and sewing skills. He asked his old Teachers College friends to support his efforts. Five dollars would pay the monthly salary of one of his teachers. It is now unclear what happened to Mr. Kuan's school but by 1938 he was head of the Social Education Division Bureau of Education in Tsengtao China." From the University of Northern Iowa website on early foreign students which includes his photograph. At one time he was the student secretary of Lingan University in Canton. Kwan Simon "Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology." Two cream silk butterflies decorated with maroon & orange thread green & yellow antennae bounded by gold thread in perfect condition. With Mr. Kuan's miniature calling card measuring 1 1/4 x 5/8" card printed "S. Peter Kuan YALE UNIVERSITY". Envelope 2 1/2 x 5" bit worn and marked. A remarkable survival of a Christian Chinese American-educated activist. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 22013

‎Russia; China Bellin Nicolas‎

‎Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale‎

‎Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of northeast Asia and Siberia from Lake Baykal sic Partie du Siberie in the north Pays des Kalkas at the center as well as Desert de Sable and down to Chine and the Golphe de Lyau-tong. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages". Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. 12 3/4 x 9 1/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 21534

‎China; Antarctic; Oregon Territory Pottinger Sir Henry; C. Wilkes; John Dunn‎

‎Communication with China and the Church in Australia and New Zealand in Littell's Living Age Volume IV 1845‎

‎Boston: Littell & Gay later Littell Son & Company 1845. Hardcover. Very good overall. Material on China the Wilkes Exploring Expedition to the Antarctic planting the church in the colonies Australia & New Zealand and a review of Dun's History of the Oregon Territory. Littell's Living Age was a magazine that comprised sophisticated selections from various British and American magazines and newspapers a "Reader's Digest" of it's day. It was generally published on a weekly basis for almost a century from 1844 to 1941. It was also often the first US publication of serialized stories by important mid-19th century authors such as Trollope. 8vo approximately 800 pp bound in original pebbled black morocco with brown boards gilt title & decoration on raised bands. Generally a little rubbed especially at spine. <br/><br/> Littell & Gay, later Littell, Son & Company hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 20939

‎China‎

‎The Chinese in California and Letter of the Chinamen to Gov. Bigler in Littell's Living Age Volume XXXIV 1852‎

‎Boston: Littell & Gay later Littell Son & Company 1852. Hardcover. Important material on China and the discrimination against Chinese workers in California including the letter written to Governor Bigler concerning the legislation calling for immigration restriction on the Chinese. Also with material on the Arctic Osborn's Arctic Journal and tea and a book review of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Littell's Living Age was a magazine that comprised sophisticated selections from various British and American magazines and newspapers a "Reader's Digest" of it's day. It was generally published on a weekly basis for almost a century from 1844 to 1941. It was also often the first US publication of serialized stories by important mid-19th century authors such as Trollope. 8vo approximately 800 pp bound in original pebbled black morocco with brown boards gilt title & decoration on raised bands. Generally a little rubbed with the binding held together by tape otherwise good condition. <br/><br/> Littell & Gay, later Littell, Son & Company hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 20936

‎China; Methodist Episcopal Church Foochow Mission‎

‎"Foochow UHS". Union High School teacher's photograph album; the Methodist Episcopal Church in China 1930‎

‎1930. The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent its first missionaries to Foochow Fuzchou China in 1846. Foochow was an important provincial capital of Fujian province. This album is a record of some of the missionary teachers at the schools in 'Foochow' in the 1930s during the Chinese Civil War. This home made photographic album consists of 7 b&w real photographs laid down in a folding captioned album with stiff red boards the front board with handwritten title "Foochow UHS" and the rear in Chinese characters. The photographs include: "Hillside Looking SW across Lotus Lake to River Min"; The House by the Side of the Road SE corner where dispensary is"; "'We' in south yard hillside"; Taken August 1930 G. M. N. "Jimmie and I Jean and "Jade Eyes"; "Living and Dining Room Camera looking East"; "George in his Study"; and "Hillside Taken from Hill back of School looking north toward hills where fighting occurred". The last names of the subjects are not noted; the one photograph of Westerners shows a white man with tennis racket his seated wife and a standing young woman holding a cat in which the man is noted as "Jimmie". "Jimmie" is possibly James Edward Skinner who moved from Kucheng to Yenping on the Min River in the Fukien Province. Skinner built the Alden Speare Memorial Hospital and became superintendent of the hospital educating Chinese doctors. During this period of the Chinese civil war Mao Zedong's army was struggling with the Communist army for control of the area. The fighting mentioned in the caption of the photograph of the school most likely refers to this. In 1933 Yenping fell to the Communists and the Skinners escaped to Haitan Island. Album measures 8 x 7" folded. Very good condition. <br/><br/> hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 20551

‎China‎

‎Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape‎

‎China 1914. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form a Chinese fisherman standing on his boat pulling in a fish in his net. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 19943

‎China; Photograph‎

‎Real b&w vintage photograph: Chinese Girl with Lilies‎

‎Very good condition. Large b&w photographic print of charming Chinese girl approximate seven years old. Her hair is in an elaborately woven side knot in traditional garb and holding a bouquet of white lilies on her lap. Large print 6 x 11" <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 19996

‎Hangchow China‎

‎Postcard. General view of Lakeview Hotel Hangchow China‎

‎Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese printed picture postcard showing building and garden of 'General view of Lakeview Hotel Hangchow China. Also written in Chinese characters. Postcard not mailed very good. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 19745

‎China; Childrens See Sam‎

‎Let's Play Together. The Second Eye-Cue Builder Book‎

‎USA: S.C. Platt 1945. Hardcover. Very good overall. "The Second Eye-Cue Builder Book". Illustrated by Bazicou. These games are considered 'A "Do" book for hand and eye' by the author and the intention is that players pictured in the book/puzzles can move from page to page and so from country to country thus engaging in new games with players of other lands. Representative of the 1940s trend towards social change. Includes text/stories and puzzles representing London in 'London Bridges' Mexico in 'The Wheel of San Miguel' China in 'The City Gate' Russia in 'The Fox and the Hen'. 4to 13 pp decorative papered hard boards black and white and color illustrations 4 full page color jigsaw puzzles all intact on heavy card stock spiral coil binding rubbing at corners. <br/><br/> S.C. Platt hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 19416

‎China‎

‎Vintage Chinese lottery tickets: Fook Tai Night; The Sun Day‎

‎1920. Very good condition. Chinese lottery ticket printed in blue and red. Chinese characters in blue English title Fook Tai Night in red. Hole punched with a note in pencil on verso "Lottery ticket found in old hotel foot of Park Ave. Emeryville". Printed on paper 6 x 5 1/2"; ticket measures 4 x 5". With 5 other tickets printed in blue and purple with the English title "The Sun Day" not hole punched. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 18270

‎China Du Halde Jean Baptiste‎

‎Cities of the Province of Kyang-Nan. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."‎

‎London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 3/4 x 15" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 16701

‎China Du Halde Jean Baptiste‎

‎A Map of China Drawn from those of the particular Provinces made on the Spot by the Jesuit Missionaries; wherein the principal Places are distinguished whose positions have been determin'd & the positions themselves inserted as Vouchers to the Work the Names also are written according to the English Orthography‎

‎London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. First printing. Fine. The general map of China including Korea from Du Halde's "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary Together with the Kingdoms of Korea and Tibet". Copper engraved map 21 1/2 x 18" with small margins period folds professionally conserved and flattened. Fine condition in the original black and white. The map is from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The Du Halde book is referred to in Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 16724

‎China Du Halde Jean Baptiste‎

‎Province III Kyang-Si Drawn on ye Spot by ye Peres de Tartre & Cordoso in the Year 1714. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."‎

‎London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 10 1/4 x 13" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 16702

‎China‎

‎Chinese Broadsheet: Omen of a Fruitful Year 7th Year of the Emperor Tongzhi's rule‎

‎1868. A rare Chinese broadsheet published in the 7th year of Tongzhi 1868 in the western calendar to celebrate Chinese New Year. Hand colored woodcut print with illustrations and text depicting a procession of the fertility of husbandry or farming the beginning of Spring and food offerings to the gods. The broadsheet is beautifully illustrated with scenes of the harvest and scenes of offerings and each scene sits within its own vibrant pink border. At the upper left rice is being threshed at the center women sit with babies in arms at the right a water buffalo plows while at the lower right a foal nurses. At the center stands an imposing golden water buffalo while at the lower left offerings are made to a Chinese lord. The broadsheet is an omen for a fruitful year and was created in the 7th year of the Tongzhi Emperor Qing Dynasty. Tongzhi was the eighth Qing emperor to rule 1861 - 1875 & his reign was largely overshadowed by the rule of his mother the Empress Dowager Cixi. She wielded real political power and undertook policies aimed at reversing the decline of Qing Dynasty. With contemporary note in English at the bottom: "Spring Buffalo & the employment of husbandry: Omens of a fruitful year". These items are rare in existence as they were meant to be thrown away after Chinese New Year this example most likely saved by an American missionary. At the right margin text in contemporary hand written at verso. 23 1/2 x 14". With one horizontal and one vertical fold. Series of chips along old folds and one in center very delicate. <br/><br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 16230