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1861réf. 5032Hong Kong : London Mission Society Press c1861 ; Shanghai : Shanghai Shangye Yingshuguan n.d. 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. 1 298 378 pp. ; bound in Chinese fashion with folded sheets right to left in a western-style mid-nineteenth century cloth board cover binding with decorations ; James Legge the famous Scottish sinologist and missionary of the London Missionary Society was born in Huntly Aberdeenshire Scotland on Dec 20th 1815. He graduated from Highbury Theological College in 1837 joined the London Missionary Society in 1838 and went to Malacca in 1839 as a missionary. In 1843 Legge arrived in Hong Kong and remained there until 1873 except for three short trips back to Scotland. In 1876 Legge became the first professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford and died in 1897 ; This is the first volume of Legge's monumental translation of nine sacred books of Chinese literature in a very probable 1st edition 1st Chinese printing with mixed asian and western binding materials and containing the texts of the da xue or Great Learning zhung yong Moderation or Doctrine of the Mean lung yü The Analects of Confucius and meng zi Mencius ; with Chinese text printed at top translation in the middle and commentary at bottom ; while this is clearly Legge's text the author's name is given in Chinese fashion as Gu Lu or loosely translated "Watchman Deer" which more probably and properly should be rendered "Lu Gu" for "Leg-ge" ; The difficulties of printing this first volume were recounted by the author's daughter: "The printing office being under his control he had to superintend the publication and binding of his works and to send to England for paper printing ink etc. Among his minor worries was the fact that the volumes of Classics had to come out in various bindings. Uniformity of binding could not be secured because materials were scanty in Hong Kong. Also owing to the lack of English booksellers he had to get the storekeepers to sell the Classics on commission among their other wares. On one occasion the ship containing all his printing paper and ink struck upon a rock and went down within sight of her anchorage in Hong Kong harbour. Her masts sticking up above the sea were visible from his verandah. 'It gave me quite a turn he said my first thought was that the fates were fighting against my getting oin with the publication of my volumes. I have since been able to look the event in the face. There must be some delay in the commencement of printing but I shall be so much more advanced with my manuscripts that we can start with five men instead of three. I had engaged Sow-lung and two other men to begin printing on the first of June. If he begins now in November or December with four other men we shall be in six months nearly as far as we should have been. In the meantime I telegraph by the mail--Replace invoice immediately sending one half by Suez Canal and one half round Cape--this will divide the risk.' After printing the books in Hong Kong he had to write to England for cases to be sent out in which to pack them and send them to England to his bookseller. 'Four hundred cases for one volume ought to be here any day and four hundred for the other volume next month. Those cases will cost me about fifty pounds.' .Another time certain cases of his books.arrived after having been for a long time under water in the hold. 'I insured them for £250--I shall claim for at least £80. Meantime the ruin of many books and the spoiling of others is a great vexation.' He sent several of his books to a friend to sell in Amoy and received the following letter: 'Alas for your Classics. Macgregor delivered them in the condition he got them out of the wreck. I had them put in the sun and thoroughly dried but I could not offer them to subscribers. The mould has got into the inside and even if rebound they will never be sightly. It is a sad loss.' ; after Legge's death in 1897 in a sermon given by Dr. Edkins at Shanghai Legge's work was described as: "His object was to unf [Hong Kong : London Mission Society Press, c1861] ; ??????? [Shanghai : Shanghai Shangye Yingshuguan, n.d. hardcover
1687réf. 123752Daniel Horthemels 1687 1687. leather_bound. Good. 9x7x2. Daniel Horthemels 1687 9" x 13" leather bound front board detached. Tiny bit of pencil to text. Light foxing. Illustrated. Text is in Latin. Please email for photos. Daniel Horthemels, 1687 hardcover
1687réf. 1691791687. CONFUCIUS. Confucius Sinarum Sive Scientia Sinensis Latine Exposita. cxxiv 108 160 xx 20 8 2 23-108 2 pp. Illustrated with engraved portrait of Confucius and a map of China engraved by François de Louvemont from a drawing by the Belgian missionary Philippe Couplet. Folio 335 x 225 mm bound in contemporary mottled calf spine gilt. Paris: Daniel Horthemels 1687. First western edition of the Latin Translation of Confucius's body of work a collective enterprise of a group of European Missionaries. With a dedication to Louis XIV preceded only by fragmentary translations. An early translation of Ta hsueh Chung yung and Lun yu three of the four Confucian texts chosen by the neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi in 1190 to be included in the collection known as the SAshu 'Four Books'. The fourth book the works of Mencius and the reason for not printing it are discussed in a note printed on p. 159 at the end of book three. The translation was done under special license from Louis XIV by members of the Jesuit Society. In addition to the first three books of Confucius the work includes his biography valuable essays on Chinese history and culture and much factual information. Some text leaves toned overall a tall very good copy in a contemporary binding. Brunet II 2221. Cordier Sinica I 1389-1393. Lust 724. Morrison 438-439. Pei-tang 1358. Pfister 326-327. unknown
1688réf. 135381Amsterdam: Pierre Savouret 1688. Rare first edition of The Morals of Confucius preceding the English translation regarded as the first work which introduced readers to Confucianism. Small octavo bound in half vellum over marbled boards. In near fine condition. An exceptional example scarce and desirable with only three examples appearing at auction in the last 90 years. "Basically a translation of Le Morale de Confucius philosophe de la Chine" Savouret 1688 The Morals of Confucius was "translated and abridged from the Latin translation of Prospero Intorcetta Philippe Couplet and others or from an intervening French translation attributed to Louis Cousin or Jean de La Brune" ESTC T140229. Chinese philosopher Confucius’s principles had a commonality with earlier Chinese tradition with an emphasis on personal and governmental morality ancestral veneration respect for one’s elders and strong family loyalty. His teachings left a legacy of disciples and gained widespread prominence under the Han and Tang Dynasties became the official imperial philosophy of China after his death in 479 B.C.E. and remained the dominant philosophy in China until the early 20th century. Likely compiled and composed by his disciples after Confucius's death the Analects or Maxims grew to be one of the central texts of Confucianism by the end of the Han Dynasty. Pierre Savouret hardcover
1809réf. 149588Serampore: Printed at the Mission Press 1809. First English translation of the Analects of Confucius printed at Serampore the first major center of English printing in Chinese. Quarto Vol. I all published bound in modern half calf gilt-lettered morocco spine label gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands half-title 4pp. errata Chinese and English text without the 'Dissertation on the Chinese Language and Character' and its four tables and the 17pp. postscript. In very good condition. A very nice example. The first English translation of the Analects Lunyu of Confucius Baptist missionary Marshman's translation contains the first five of twenty books and was printed at Serampore the first major center of English printing in Chinese. The first complete translation by James Legge was published decades later in 1861. A collection of sayings attributed to Confucius the Analects were likely compiled posthumously by his followers. The Analects' reputation grew to surpass that of the Five Classics and became one of the texts underpinning the Confucian system which held sway over China for two millennia. Joshua Marshman William Carey and William Ward established a Baptist mission and press at Danish-controlled Serampore in 1800 beyond the control of the East India Company. The Company discouraged missionary activity and maintained a policy of press censorship within its territories. Marshman and his fellow missionaries had ambitious plans for proselytizing across Asia and he had studied Arabic Greek Hebrew Latin and Syriac before he even reached India. In India he first learned Bangali and Sanskrit. Next he turned to Chinese which he studied intensively under the guidance of Johannes Lassar scion of a wealthy Armenian trading family in Macao and assisted by several Chinese tutors. This book dates from the first phase of Chinese language printing in Serampore with Chinese character printed using woodblock characters carved by Bengali textile workers whose carved woodblocks were employed to print patterns onto calico. The second phase would only being in 1813 when moveable metal type replaced woodblocks which enormously increased efficiently as it permitted many more impressions. The Chinese publications for the Mission Press were principally evangelical; Lassar and Marshman translated large sections of the Old and New Testaments into Chinese and saw Serampore as an ideal position from which to spread the Chinese gospel free from imperial Chinese censorship. The East India Company too was increasingly interested in the study of Chinese for political reasons. Their Indian territories abutted the Chinese forts in Tibet and the memory of Macartney's diplomatic failure in 1792 remained fresh. Another diplomatic mission would require translators and the Company had no competent Chinese interpreters in India at the turn of the century. Marshman dedicated this work toe the Governor-General of Bengal Lord Minto who subsidized the cost of printing in Chinese at Serampore despite his personal hostility to missionary activity with British India. Printed at the Mission Press unknown
réf. 46947Paris : Daniel Horthemels 1687. First edition. Folio contemporary speckled calf rebacked preserving the original spine in compartments with raised bands gilt ornamentation and lettering book labels for Levenside and H.P. Kraus to front pastedown front free endpaper detached pp. cxxiv; 108; 21; iii - blanks; 159; blank; xx; 108; 8; I - privilege blank copperplate map of China folding portrait of Confucius the first published in Europe engraved headpiece woodcut headpieces tail pieces and ornamental initials a fine copy. The first edition of Confucius published in Europe preceded only by fragmentary translations. Edited by Prospero Intorcetta 1626-1696 Chrétien Herdtrich 1625-1684 François de Rougemont 1624-1676 and Philippe Couplet 1623-1692 the translation was undertaken under special license from Louis XIV by members of the Jesuit Society. In addition to a translation of the three principal books of Confucius the work includes his biography valuable essays on Chinese history and culture and much other factual information on China. Brunet II 2221; Cordier Sinica I 1389-1393; Lust 724; Morrison 438-439; Pei-tang 1358; Pfister 326-327. hardcover
1834réf. PHO-1520Stuttgart & Tubingue, Cotta, 1834-1839. 2 volumes in-8 de [1] f., xvi-474-[1] pp., 4 planches dépliantes ; [1] f., 588 pp. Premier tome relié en demi-basane brune, dos lisse, titre doré, date en queue (reliure moderne) et second tome broché, couverture d’attente, inscriptions manuscrites sur la couverture ("à Monsieur M. Barucchi - Directeur du Musée égyptien, professeur d'histoire à l'Université de Turin), dos usé avec qqs fentes. Les deux volumes réunis dans un emboîtage toilé bleu moderne. Très légères mouillures claires par endroits.
1809réf. 131224Serampore: Printed at the Mission Press 1809. First English translation of the Analects of Confucius complete with the rare Dissertation on the Chinese Language and Character here bound in a separate volume. Quarto two volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands illustrated with 2 folding charts on Chinese characters 4 further tables on 2 folding leaves postscript at rear. In fine condition. Exceptionally rare particularly with Marshman's separately printed dissertation present including the tables and charts. The first English translation of the Analects Lunyu of Confucius Baptist missionary Joshua Marshman's translation contains the first five of a projected series of twenty books and was printed at Serampore the first major center of English printing in Chinese. The first complete translation by James Legge was published decades later in 1861. A collection of sayings attributed to Confucius the Analects was one of the primary texts underpinning the Confucian system which held sway over China for two millennia. Confucius believed that the welfare of a country depended on the moral cultivation of its people beginning from the nation's leadership and taught that a ruler's sense of virtue was his primary prerequisite for leadership. His primary goal in educating his students was to produce ethically well-cultivated men who would carry themselves with gravity speak correctly and demonstrate consummate integrity in all things. Joshua Marshman William Carey and William Ward established a Baptist mission and press at Danish-controlled Serampore in 1800 beyond the control of the East India Company. The Company discouraged missionary activity and maintained a policy of press censorship within its territories. Marshman and his fellow missionaries had ambitious plans for proselytizing across Asia and he had studied Arabic Greek Hebrew Latin and Syriac before he even reached India. In India he first learned Bangali and Sanskrit. Next he turned to Chinese which he studied intensively under the guidance of Johannes Lassar scion of a wealthy Armenian trading family in Macao and assisted by several Chinese tutors. This book dates from the first phase of Chinese language printing in Serampore with Chinese characters printed using woodblocks carved by Bengali textile workers employed to print patterns onto calico. The Chinese publications for the Mission Press were principally evangelical; Lassar and Marshman translated large sections of the Old and New Testaments into Chinese and saw Serampore as an ideal position from which to spread the Chinese gospel free from imperial Chinese censorship. The East India Company too was increasingly interested in the study of Chinese for political reasons. Their Indian territories abutted the Chinese forts in Tibet and the memory of Macartney's diplomatic failure in 1792 remained fresh. Another diplomatic mission would require translators and the Company had no competent Chinese interpreters in India at the turn of the century. Marshman dedicated this work to the Governor-General of Bengal Lord Minto who subsidized the cost of printing in Chinese at Serampore despite his personal hostility to missionary activity with British India. Printed at the Mission Press hardcover
