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rif. 821136; 19; 20; 27; 37; 31 folding leaves neatly interleaved throughout. Ten juan in five vols. plus one vol. of commentary by Dunren Zhang. 8vo modern blue wrappers new stitching. China: 1807. A rare and important edition of this notable text; the sixth volume contains the valuable commentary and notes of Dunren Zhang 1754-1834 Qing scholar mathematician historian and book collector. After the death of Emperor Wu in 87 B.C. his successor summoned to the capital scholars from throughout the empire to discuss the most important problems of the day. Emperor Wu had “implemented a series of centralized economic measures to support his territorial expansion particularly to sustain wars with Xiongnu a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia. For example the state monopolized salt iron and liquor industries; operated nationwide transportation facilities; and ran retail businesses. After the emperor died the new emperor gathered his officials and more than sixty Confucian literati to reassess these measures. The consultation turned into a lengthy debate not only on economic issues but also on topics such as agriculture border defense diplomacy legality and Confucianism… “The debate was later reconstructed under the title Yan tie fan by a Confucian bureaucrat-scholar Huan Kuan who consulted both living debaters and the historical record. The text delineates the debate in sixty episodes spanning over several days. In each episode the debaters focus on a specific issue that emerges during the debate.” You “Building Empire through Argumentation” 369. As a result of the debates the monopolies on salt and iron were briefly abolished but were soon resumed only to be abolished again after the overthrow of Emperor Wang Mang in 23 A.D. “The text of this book the Yantielun has been brought in the shape of a dialogue between the opponents. Except the state monopolies the text also touches political questions of the time like the power of the nomad federation of the Xiongnu in the north or the general style of politics as a ‘rule of the law’ versus ‘rule by virtue.’ Huan Kuan’s book is an important document about the internal discussions about political affairs during the Former Han period" ChinaKnowledge.de online. Fine set preserved in a slightly worn hantao. References ChinaKnowledge.de Wagner Donald B. Ferrous Metallurgy. Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 5. Part 11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008. You Xiaoye. “Building Empire through Argumentation: Debating Salt and Iron in Western Han China.” College English Vol. 72 No. 4 March 2010. unknown
rif. 821136; 19; 20; 27; 37; 31 folding leaves neatly interleaved throughout. Ten juan in five vols. plus one vol. of commentary by Dunren Zhang. 8vo modern blue wrappers new stitching. China: 1807. A rare and important edition of this notable text; the sixth volume contains the valuable commentary and notes of Dunren Zhang 1754-1834 Qing scholar mathematician historian and book collector. After the death of Emperor Wu in 87 B.C. his successor summoned to the capital scholars from throughout the empire to discuss the most important problems of the day. Emperor Wu had “implemented a series of centralized economic measures to support his territorial expansion particularly to sustain wars with Xiongnu a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia. For example the state monopolized salt iron and liquor industries; operated nationwide transportation facilities; and ran retail businesses. After the emperor died the new emperor gathered his officials and more than sixty Confucian literati to reassess these measures. The consultation turned into a lengthy debate not only on economic issues but also on topics such as agriculture border defense diplomacy legality and Confucianism… “The debate was later reconstructed under the title Yan tie fan by a Confucian bureaucrat-scholar Huan Kuan who consulted both living debaters and the historical record. The text delineates the debate in sixty episodes spanning over several days. In each episode the debaters focus on a specific issue that emerges during the debate.” You “Building Empire through Argumentation” 369. As a result of the debates the monopolies on salt and iron were briefly abolished but were soon resumed only to be abolished again after the overthrow of Emperor Wang Mang in 23 A.D. “The text of this book the Yantielun has been brought in the shape of a dialogue between the opponents. Except the state monopolies the text also touches political questions of the time like the power of the nomad federation of the Xiongnu in the north or the general style of politics as a ‘rule of the law’ versus ‘rule by virtue.’ Huan Kuan’s book is an important document about the internal discussions about political affairs during the Former Han period" ChinaKnowledge.de online. Fine set preserved in a slightly worn hantao. References ChinaKnowledge.de Wagner Donald B. Ferrous Metallurgy. Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 5. Part 11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008. You Xiaoye. “Building Empire through Argumentation: Debating Salt and Iron in Western Han China.” College English Vol. 72 No. 4 March 2010. unknown books
rif. 10716All sheets with woodblock diagrams. Ten woodblock-printed sheets each ca. 1045 x 580 mm. Korea: 18th or 19th century A very rare woodblock-printed broadside edition of the influential SÅnghak sipto by Yi Hwang 1501-71 “Korea’s greatest philosopher.”–Pratt & Rutt Korea. A Historical and Cultural Dictionary Curzon: 1999 p. 517. Yi a child prodigy was a scholar and government official. He served four kings in a number of high positions but his integrity and stand against corruption caused him to be relieved of his posts and sent into exile a number of times. “Yi Hwang better known by his penname T’oegye is generally reputed as Korea’s foremost Neo-Confucian thinker. From the very beginning of the Yi dynasty 1392-1910 the Neo-Confucian doctrine of the Ch’eng-Chu school was the officially sanctioned ideology but with T’oegye it arrived at its full maturity on the peninsula for he was the first to present it with a fully sophisticated and integral grasp of its scope unity and implications. Consequently his teaching became a constant reference point for subsequent generations of Korean Neo-Confucians and his understanding of Chu Hsi’s Zhu Xi’s vision exercised a profound and lasting influence… “One of his last and most important works was the Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning SÅnghak sipdo which he composed for the instruction of young King SÅnjo reigned 1567-1608 in 1568 two years before his death. Considered the summation of T’oegye’s lifetime of learning the Ten Diagrams became one of the classics of the Korean Neo-Confucian tradition: during the course of the Yi dynasty it was reprinted at least twenty-four times and it now circulates in three modern Korean translations… “‘Sage learning’ is a phrase that appears frequently in Neo-Confucian works meant for the instruction of rulers reflecting the view that the essential duty of a ruler is to learn from and emulate ancient sage kings. In terms of its origin the Ten Diagrams is certainly such a work. But T’oegye’s title is ambiguous for ‘sage learning’ also means ‘learning how to become a sage’ that is a fully perfected human being. This is a kind of learning that has to do with not only kings but every human being. Thus the provenance of this work is universal and through the centuries it has served as a basic handbook for generations of serious Neo-Confucians in their endeavor to understand and cultivate the full perfection of their humanity… “This kind of ‘sage learning’ in its full scope is a distinctively Neo-Confucian development. With the Neo-tradition revival of the tradition in the Sung dynasty Confucians finally developed a metaphysical psychological and ascetical framework that could fully describe the status of sagehood and delineate it. Sagehood became a practical goal rather than a theoretical ideal. T’oegye’s object in the Ten Diagrams is to present that framework and path… “Doing this of course amounts to presenting a structured summation of the essence of Ch’eng-Chu theoretical and practical learning. One could devote a large book to this topic; T’oegye compressed it into ten chapters each brief enough to be mounted on a single panel of a ten-paneled screen. Each chapter begins with a diagram and is followed by a text. T’oegye’s own remarks are only a short portion of each chapter. As far as possible he tried to make this a compilation of diagrams and words from other authoritative sources so that the work would clearly represent the cumulative wisdom of the Confucian tradition not just his own private opinion… “The compressed format is not a concession to hasty readers or beginners needing a simple introduction. Quite the opposite; whether as a short book or a screen placed in one’s quarters T’oegye intended this as a work to be lived with and absorbed slowly through repeated reading and leisurely reflection. In that way its compressed contents would unfold gradually and become a part of oneself through the lengthy and personal effort of apprehending its full meaning. The diagrammatic format he chose is ideal for such use for the categories correspondences and relationships suggested by spatial arrangement offer food for reflective thought far beyond the content of the words themselves. T’oegye could expect that the Ten Diagrams would be approached in this way because the Neo-Confucian approach to texts emphasized this kind of repeated reading prolonged reflection and personal assimilation. The theory was that reading should be a process of self-transformation not mere information gathering. T’oegye designed his Ten Diagrams precisely as a tool to be used in such a process.”–Michael C. Kalton “T’oegye’s ‘Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning’: A Korean View of the Essence of Chu Hsi’s Teaching” in The Journal of Korean Studies Vol. 7 1990 pp. 97-99–& see the rest of this wonderful article for the importance of this text which was influential in both Korea and Japan. The titles of the ten chapters are: The Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate The Western Inscription The Elementary Learning The Great Learning The Rules of the White Deer Grotto Academy The Mind Combines and Governs the Nature and Feelings Diagram of the Explanation of Humanity Diagram of the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart Diagram of the Admonition of Mindfulness Studio and Admonition on Rising Early and Retiring Late. As mentioned in Prof. Kalton’s essay these broadsides were intended to be made into a ten-panel standing screen. Fine condition and a remarkable survival. A few minor stains and a little dusty at extremities. We find no broadside edition in WorldCat. unknown
rif. 10716All sheets with woodblock diagrams. Ten woodblock-printed sheets each ca. 1045 x 580 mm. Korea: 18th or 19th century A very rare woodblock-printed broadside edition of the influential SÅnghak sipto by Yi Hwang 1501-71 “Korea’s greatest philosopher.”–Pratt & Rutt Korea. A Historical and Cultural Dictionary Curzon: 1999 p. 517. Yi a child prodigy was a scholar and government official. He served four kings in a number of high positions but his integrity and stand against corruption caused him to be relieved of his posts and sent into exile a number of times. “Yi Hwang better known by his penname T’oegye is generally reputed as Korea’s foremost Neo-Confucian thinker. From the very beginning of the Yi dynasty 1392-1910 the Neo-Confucian doctrine of the Ch’eng-Chu school was the officially sanctioned ideology but with T’oegye it arrived at its full maturity on the peninsula for he was the first to present it with a fully sophisticated and integral grasp of its scope unity and implications. Consequently his teaching became a constant reference point for subsequent generations of Korean Neo-Confucians and his understanding of Chu Hsi’s Zhu Xi’s vision exercised a profound and lasting influence… “One of his last and most important works was the Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning SÅnghak sipdo which he composed for the instruction of young King SÅnjo reigned 1567-1608 in 1568 two years before his death. Considered the summation of T’oegye’s lifetime of learning the Ten Diagrams became one of the classics of the Korean Neo-Confucian tradition: during the course of the Yi dynasty it was reprinted at least twenty-four times and it now circulates in three modern Korean translations… “‘Sage learning’ is a phrase that appears frequently in Neo-Confucian works meant for the instruction of rulers reflecting the view that the essential duty of a ruler is to learn from and emulate ancient sage kings. In terms of its origin the Ten Diagrams is certainly such a work. But T’oegye’s title is ambiguous for ‘sage learning’ also means ‘learning how to become a sage’ that is a fully perfected human being. This is a kind of learning that has to do with not only kings but every human being. Thus the provenance of this work is universal and through the centuries it has served as a basic handbook for generations of serious Neo-Confucians in their endeavor to understand and cultivate the full perfection of their humanity… “This kind of ‘sage learning’ in its full scope is a distinctively Neo-Confucian development. With the Neo-tradition revival of the tradition in the Sung dynasty Confucians finally developed a metaphysical psychological and ascetical framework that could fully describe the status of sagehood and delineate it. Sagehood became a practical goal rather than a theoretical ideal. T’oegye’s object in the Ten Diagrams is to present that framework and path… “Doing this of course amounts to presenting a structured summation of the essence of Ch’eng-Chu theoretical and practical learning. One could devote a large book to this topic; T’oegye compressed it into ten chapters each brief enough to be mounted on a single panel of a ten-paneled screen. Each chapter begins with a diagram and is followed by a text. T’oegye’s own remarks are only a short portion of each chapter. As far as possible he tried to make this a compilation of diagrams and words from other authoritative sources so that the work would clearly represent the cumulative wisdom of the Confucian tradition not just his own private opinion… “The compressed format is not a concession to hasty readers or beginners needing a simple introduction. Quite the opposite; whether as a short book or a screen placed in one’s quarters T’oegye intended this as a work to be lived with and absorbed slowly through repeated reading and leisurely reflection. In that way its compressed contents would unfold gradually and become a part of oneself through the lengthy and personal effort of apprehending its full meaning. The diagrammatic format he chose is ideal for such use for the categories correspondences and relationships suggested by spatial arrangement offer food for reflective thought far beyond the content of the words themselves. T’oegye could expect that the Ten Diagrams would be approached in this way because the Neo-Confucian approach to texts emphasized this kind of repeated reading prolonged reflection and personal assimilation. The theory was that reading should be a process of self-transformation not mere information gathering. T’oegye designed his Ten Diagrams precisely as a tool to be used in such a process.”–Michael C. Kalton “T’oegye’s ‘Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning’: A Korean View of the Essence of Chu Hsi’s Teaching” in The Journal of Korean Studies Vol. 7 1990 pp. 97-99–& see the rest of this wonderful article for the importance of this text which was influential in both Korea and Japan. The titles of the ten chapters are: The Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate The Western Inscription The Elementary Learning The Great Learning The Rules of the White Deer Grotto Academy The Mind Combines and Governs the Nature and Feelings Diagram of the Explanation of Humanity Diagram of the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart Diagram of the Admonition of Mindfulness Studio and Admonition on Rising Early and Retiring Late. As mentioned in Prof. Kalton’s essay these broadsides were intended to be made into a ten-panel standing screen. Fine condition and a remarkable survival. A few minor stains and a little dusty at extremities. We find no broadside edition in WorldCat. unknown books
rif. 6006Numerous fine woodcut illus. 18 of which are finely handcolored. 48 irregularly paginated; 33; 39; 26; 28 3 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo orig. wrappers some worming in upper margin of each vol. orig. block printed title label on each upper cover new stitching. Tokyo: Mankyudo Hanabusa Heikichi Preface dated 1810. First edition of one of the three most important early Japanese books on the history and technique of Chinese and Japanese acupuncture. This work is very different from all earlier Chinese and Japanese books on the subject. For the first time the illustrations are finely and realistically rendered and are anatomically accurate clearly influenced by European medical works which had circulated in Japan. Another important aspect of this book is that eighteen of the woodcuts each depicting organs of the body are finely handcolored. Also the body is described in full from head to foot and is not entirely dependent on the fourteen meridians. Kosaka was a court physician of the fiefdom of Kameyama who had studied under the famous physician Motonori Taki 1731-1801 who was himself a member of a distinguished family of doctors. The publisher of this work was the exclusive publisher for the government sponsored medical school. Very good set. unknown
rif. 6006Numerous fine woodcut illus. 18 of which are finely handcolored. 48 irregularly paginated; 33; 39; 26; 28 3 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo orig. wrappers some worming in upper margin of each vol. orig. block printed title label on each upper cover new stitching. Tokyo: Mankyudo Hanabusa Heikichi Preface dated 1810. First edition of one of the three most important early Japanese books on the history and technique of Chinese and Japanese acupuncture. This work is very different from all earlier Chinese and Japanese books on the subject. For the first time the illustrations are finely and realistically rendered and are anatomically accurate clearly influenced by European medical works which had circulated in Japan. Another important aspect of this book is that eighteen of the woodcuts each depicting organs of the body are finely handcolored. Also the body is described in full from head to foot and is not entirely dependent on the fourteen meridians. Kosaka was a court physician of the fiefdom of Kameyama who had studied under the famous physician Motonori Taki 1731-1801 who was himself a member of a distinguished family of doctors. The publisher of this work was the exclusive publisher for the government sponsored medical school. Very good set. unknown books
1718rif. 42045Amsterdam: Chez les Freres Wetstein 1718. 2 volumes small folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Half-title in volume I titles printed in red and black. Vol 1: engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck after G. Kneller engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart dedication with engraved headpiece 3 engraved double-page maps 111 engraved plates numbered 1-110 plus 1 unnumbered on 52 sheets 29 double-page 7 folding 24 engraved illustrations within the text illustration on p. 164 pasted on slip as issued. Vol 2: 162 engraved plates numbered 111-262 plus 10 unnumbered on 56 sheets 33 double-page 9 folding 20 engraved illustrations within the text. Quarter calf and marbled paper boards spines with raised bands forming six compartments tooled and lettered gilt. Uncut Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate "Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis" of Franz Joseph II 1906-1989 on front paste-downs A fine clean uncut copy of the First edition in French of Le Bruyn's important illustrated account of his voyage to Russia Persia India and Java. From the library of the Princes of Liechtenstein. In his first expedition of 1674 Dutch traveller and painter Cornelius Le Bruyn remained in the Levant for seven years travelling principally in Asia Minor Syria the Holy Land and Egypt. On his return he published his Voyages au Levant and encouraged by its success undertook a second more far-reaching expedition. "In 1701 Le Bruyn started on the second of his journeys taking a ship to the country of the Samoyeds . and then proceeding to Moscow. Travelling by way of Asia Minor he arrived in Persia where he remained for the years 1704-05. Leaving Persia he proceeded by ship to India stopping at Cochin Ceylon and the East Indies i.e. Batavia. He returned by much the same route residing in Persia between 1706 and 1707 and describing the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargades" Howgego. The numerous finely engraved illustrations include large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan views of Astrakhan and the antiquities at Persepolis and many of the forts encountered on his journey as well as portraits of native peoples and depictions of the flora fish birds animals etc. Of particular note are Le Bruyn's description and images of the Samoyeds and their country among the earliest for the region. Le Bruyn also gives an account of an encounter with William Dampier in Batavia and describes the route taken by Everard Ysbrants Ides the Danish Russian ambassador to China. Brunet III:911 calls for 262 plates based on the numbering of the plate list which does not include the unnumbered plates; Chadenat II 5085; Chahine 2078; Cohen-de Ricci 610; Lipperheide Kaa 6 calls for 128 plates and 45 engraved illustrations; Howgego B177. Chez les Freres Wetstein unknown
1718rif. 42045Amsterdam: Chez les Freres Wetstein 1718. 2 volumes small folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Half-title in volume I titles printed in red and black. Vol 1: engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck after G. Kneller engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart dedication with engraved headpiece 3 engraved double-page maps 111 engraved plates numbered 1-110 plus 1 unnumbered on 52 sheets 29 double-page 7 folding 24 engraved illustrations within the text illustration on p. 164 pasted on slip as issued. Vol 2: 162 engraved plates numbered 111-262 plus 10 unnumbered on 56 sheets 33 double-page 9 folding 20 engraved illustrations within the text. Quarter calf and marbled paper boards spines with raised bands forming six compartments tooled and lettered gilt. Uncut Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate "Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis" of Franz Joseph II 1906-1989 on front paste-downs A fine clean uncut copy of the First edition in French of Le Bruyn's important illustrated account of his voyage to Russia Persia India and Java. From the library of the Princes of Liechtenstein. In his first expedition of 1674 Dutch traveller and painter Cornelius Le Bruyn remained in the Levant for seven years travelling principally in Asia Minor Syria the Holy Land and Egypt. On his return he published his Voyages au Levant and encouraged by its success undertook a second more far-reaching expedition. "In 1701 Le Bruyn started on the second of his journeys taking a ship to the country of the Samoyeds . and then proceeding to Moscow. Travelling by way of Asia Minor he arrived in Persia where he remained for the years 1704-05. Leaving Persia he proceeded by ship to India stopping at Cochin Ceylon and the East Indies i.e. Batavia. He returned by much the same route residing in Persia between 1706 and 1707 and describing the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargades" Howgego. The numerous finely engraved illustrations include large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan views of Astrakhan and the antiquities at Persepolis and many of the forts encountered on his journey as well as portraits of native peoples and depictions of the flora fish birds animals etc. Of particular note are Le Bruyn's description and images of the Samoyeds and their country among the earliest for the region. Le Bruyn also gives an account of an encounter with William Dampier in Batavia and describes the route taken by Everard Ysbrants Ides the Danish Russian ambassador to China. Brunet III:911 calls for 262 plates based on the numbering of the plate list which does not include the unnumbered plates; Chadenat II 5085; Chahine 2078; Cohen-de Ricci 610; Lipperheide Kaa 6 calls for 128 plates and 45 engraved illustrations; Howgego B177. Chez les Freres Wetstein unknown books
1550rif. 5044Rome: ca 1550. SECOND STATE of three with the addition of "Romae" incised at lower right. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine example with high contrast of this rare print. This is the first published engraving dedicated to Michelangelo's Moses and one of only two made in the 16th century. The funerary monument of Julius II occupied Michelangelo in various phases from 1505 to the 1540s. Prints of the entire monument are few. In them the figure of Moses is necessarily reduced in size and imperfectly executed. Later prints of the statue in isolation such as that by the Netherlandish artist Jacob Matham 1571-1631 in which the figure is shown in reverse fail to match the standard set by this early engraving. The inscription reads: Moysis ingens ex marmore simulacrum in Julij Secundi/ Pontificis Maximi ad petri in Exquilijs uincula sepulcro / præstanti Michaelis Angeli Bonarotae manu fictum. The immense marble statue of Moses in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli on the Esquiline Hill sculpted by the hand of Michelangelo Buonarroti for the tomb of Pope Julius II. Michelangelo's design for the tomb of Pope Julius II with the master's iconic figure of Moses was originally intended for St. Peter's but was ultimately installed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The work was commissioned by Pope Julius in 1505 at which time Michelangelo received an initial payment of 100 gold ducats but was not completed until March 1545. Michelangelo re-worked his initial design numerous times first in 1513 after Julius' death and again in 1516 1525/1526 1532 and 1542. The final monument includes three figures carved by Michelangelo: the aforementioned Moses and Leah and Rachel symbols respectively of the active and contemplative life. Michelangelo's sculptures of the dying and rebellious slaves now in the Louvre and the Genius of Victory Palazzo Vecchio Florence were not used in the final design. On the second tier of the monument as it stands is an effigy of the reclining Julius II attributed to Tommaso di Pietro Boscoli 1503-1574 but with the face possibly the work of Michelangelo watched over by the Madonna and Child carved by Alessandro Scherano di Settignano after a model by Michelangelo and flanked by a sibyl and a prophet; these last two sculptures were carved by Michelangelo's pupil Raffaello da Montelupo ca. 1504-ca. 1567. "The engraving reproduces accurately in the same direction and without substantial variations the sculpture of the tomb of Julius II identifying the light source at the top left. The work attributed by Bottari to Beatrizet Heinecken 1768 was treated as anonymous by Heinecken in the Nachrichten of 1768 but later included by him in the list of Beatrizet's works Dictionnaire 1788. Nagler recorded it both under the monogram of Cornelis Bos and as the work of Beatrizet. Appearing in the Hollstein repertoire as Bos it was subsequently treated among works of doubtful attribution both of Bos Schéle 1965 and of Beatrizet Bianchi 2004. "Due to the fact that copies of this print are found in volumes of Roman composition on the model of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae El Escorial; Madrid Biblioteca Nacional; both datable between the mid-1580s and the 1590s one would be led to believe that the plate was engraved in Rome where in the last decade of the 16th century it was acquired by Van Aelst. This does not however exclude Cornelis Bos as a possible author since more than one of his plates is known to bear a Roman address in late editions even if it makes it more likely -in our opinion- the identification with a Flemish engraver active in Italy. In the sparse and luminous texture and in the clean geometries one could also perceive the burin of Niccolò della Casa."Alberti Rovetta and Salsi "D'après Michelangelo"2015 p. 219 ff. ca hardcover
1550rif. 5044Rome: ca 1550. SECOND STATE of three with the addition of "Romae" incised at lower right. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine example with high contrast of this rare print. This is the first published engraving dedicated to Michelangelo's Moses and one of only two made in the 16th century. The funerary monument of Julius II occupied Michelangelo in various phases from 1505 to the 1540s. Prints of the entire monument are few. In them the figure of Moses is necessarily reduced in size and imperfectly executed. Later prints of the statue in isolation such as that by the Netherlandish artist Jacob Matham 1571-1631 in which the figure is shown in reverse fail to match the standard set by this early engraving. The inscription reads: Moysis ingens ex marmore simulacrum in Julij Secundi/ Pontificis Maximi ad petri in Exquilijs uincula sepulcro / præstanti Michaelis Angeli Bonarotae manu fictum. The immense marble statue of Moses in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli on the Esquiline Hill sculpted by the hand of Michelangelo Buonarroti for the tomb of Pope Julius II. Michelangelo's design for the tomb of Pope Julius II with the master's iconic figure of Moses was originally intended for St. Peter's but was ultimately installed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The work was commissioned by Pope Julius in 1505 at which time Michelangelo received an initial payment of 100 gold ducats but was not completed until March 1545. Michelangelo re-worked his initial design numerous times first in 1513 after Julius' death and again in 1516 1525/1526 1532 and 1542. The final monument includes three figures carved by Michelangelo: the aforementioned Moses and Leah and Rachel symbols respectively of the active and contemplative life. Michelangelo's sculptures of the dying and rebellious slaves now in the Louvre and the Genius of Victory Palazzo Vecchio Florence were not used in the final design. On the second tier of the monument as it stands is an effigy of the reclining Julius II attributed to Tommaso di Pietro Boscoli 1503-1574 but with the face possibly the work of Michelangelo watched over by the Madonna and Child carved by Alessandro Scherano di Settignano after a model by Michelangelo and flanked by a sibyl and a prophet; these last two sculptures were carved by Michelangelo's pupil Raffaello da Montelupo ca. 1504-ca. 1567. "The engraving reproduces accurately in the same direction and without substantial variations the sculpture of the tomb of Julius II identifying the light source at the top left. The work attributed by Bottari to Beatrizet Heinecken 1768 was treated as anonymous by Heinecken in the Nachrichten of 1768 but later included by him in the list of Beatrizet's works Dictionnaire 1788. Nagler recorded it both under the monogram of Cornelis Bos and as the work of Beatrizet. Appearing in the Hollstein repertoire as Bos it was subsequently treated among works of doubtful attribution both of Bos Schéle 1965 and of Beatrizet Bianchi 2004. "Due to the fact that copies of this print are found in volumes of Roman composition on the model of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae El Escorial; Madrid Biblioteca Nacional; both datable between the mid-1580s and the 1590s one would be led to believe that the plate was engraved in Rome where in the last decade of the 16th century it was acquired by Van Aelst. This does not however exclude Cornelis Bos as a possible author since more than one of his plates is known to bear a Roman address in late editions even if it makes it more likely -in our opinion- the identification with a Flemish engraver active in Italy. In the sparse and luminous texture and in the clean geometries one could also perceive the burin of Niccolò della Casa."Alberti Rovetta and Salsi "D'après Michelangelo"2015 p. 219 ff. ca hardcover books
rif. 835348 parts & one index in 20 vols. 8vo orig. yellow wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers new stitching. Kubota: Meitokukan Academy 1827. Second edition 1st ed.: 1825 and rare; this was printed in the Kubota domain in northwestern Japan. Following the death of his father in 1785 Yoshimasa Satake 1775-1815 became daimyo of the Kubota domain in Dewa Province modern-day Akita Prefecture. He instituted a number of reforms ordering the planting of extensive windbreaks to improve crop yields; encouraged the mining silk and lacquerware industries; instituted land reforms; dismissed incompetent and corrupt officials; and hired forestry management experts. He also established the domain academy the Meitokukan “House of Virtues” which developed an active publishing division. The present work is a rare example of an early publication from the school which specialized in Chinese learning and Confucian traditions. The Preface was written under the pseudonym “Rakuo” by Sadanobu Matsudaira 1758-1829 who instituted the “Kansei Reforms” of 1789-1801 which included a number of educational changes improving the quality of learning through Japan. The compiler of this work Ichimei Suzuki d. 1818 was a teacher at the Meitokukan and was encouraged by Satake referred to here by his pen name “Jofukyusai” to prepare this work. It is a list of pseudonyms of authors and other people of the Three Kingdoms era 220-80 AD in China with biographical sketches of each person. For each name Suzuki and his fellow compilers have given citations of the Chinese books in which they were able to determine the actual names. Fine and fresh set preserved in two old chitsu. With the “Kanda ke zo” seal of the Kyoto collector Kogan Kanda d. 1918 who formed a large and fine library which was inherited by his grandson Kiichiro Kanda. unknown books
1777rif. J8I9ZWYDE414The Netherlands 1777. 4to. Contemporary half roan sheepskin sewn on 2 vellum tapes red-sprinkled paper sides red-sprinkled edges with a heart-shaped paper label on the front board with the manuscript inscription J. Visscher above the date 1 above 28 flanked by 17 . 77. A scrap album containing about 330 cut-out images from engraved prints most neatly and uniformly coloured by a contemporary hand probably for the publisher or publishers. 1 170 1 ll. including integral paste-downs. A carefully and neatly assembled scrap album containing about 330 coloured engraved images each carefully cut out of a print close to the people animals plants and objects depicted so that the background in most images is entirely cut away. The images show people including costume figures caricatures and oriental figures boats and ships flowers architectural views including garden views fountains and sculptures theatre prints birds insects Aesop illustrations and other items. They include a large image nearly filling the quarto leaf of a man on a ladder picking fruit from a tree and a whaling scene with a man harpooning a spouting whale. The heart-shaped label with the name J. Visscher and date 28 January 1777 suggests that the album was assembled for Visschers betrothal or marriage on that date. This is supported by the final cut-out nearly filling the paste-down at the end which shows a well-dressed man sitting on a barrel left perhaps a merchant and a standing woman right with a grape vine full of ripe grapes growing up between them. He holds the vine with his left hand and she with her right. Buijnsters notes that 18th-century scrapbooks such as the present are very rare though he notes a Dutch print from ca. 1703/08 where the publishers Jacobus and Jan Bouman encourage people to clip out the images and paste them on red paper. From the collection of Piet Buijnsters & Leontine Smets with the Buijnsters-Smets bookplate. In the last image the man and woman with a grape vine the mans right arm and the womans right hand have been lost but the album leaves and engraved cut-outs are otherwise in very good condition. The binding is slightly rubbed but still good. A 1777 album of about 330 coloured engraved images apparently assembled to commemorate a marriage.l Piet J. Buijnsters "Het Nederlandse 'scrapbook' 1775-1900" in: Antiek XXXI pp. 50-58 at p. 52 & figs. 1 2 & 5 the last incorrectly described as from a 19th-century album; WorldCat 2 albums of Engelbrechts Aufschneidebilder plus his peepshows and other sets of his images; for Engelbrechts peepshows and privilege: B.M. Stafford & F. Terpak Devices of wonder p. 336. ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWINGS PRINTS & WATERCOLOURS HORSES HUNTING SPORTS & GAMES Art & Art History Games & Sports Prints & Print Series hardcover
1835rif. H1EFLHU1E5LWEngland and/or Sweden 1835. 4to 24.5 x 18 cm. Each drawing mounted on or occasionally drawn on a card loose in a Swedish blind-blocked textured red cloth portfolio ca. 1860 title in gold on front board decorated endpapers purple on white red cloth ties. 36 pencil drawings of English thoroughbred race horses 7.5 x 11.5 to 11 x 16 cm 1 finished in ink washes and a few touched up with white or light brown. 36 loose ll. A collection of 36 pencil drawings of famous English thoroughbred race horses by at least three artists including one signed "Harry Hall" and several others clearly based directly or indirectly on his paintings. Some horses appear in their stables or grounds sometimes with a stable boy groom or owner others are shown carrying a jockey during a race at a track. The earliest horses shown include a beautiful pencil and ink-wash drawing of Camel 1822-1844 who raced from 1825 to 1827 and won the 1826 Port Stakes at Newmarket. He is better known as the sire of Touchstone 1831-1861 also shown one of the most famous thoroughbreds of all time who raced from 1833 to 1837. In very good condition with only some minor wrinkles in one drawing and faint stains in another. Portfolio good. A charming collection of horse drawings mostly from the early 1850s. ABE CAT Art History ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWINGS PRINTS & WATERCOLOURS HORSES HUNTING SPORTS & GAMES Art & Art History Drawings & Watercolours Horses & Horsemanship hardcover
1541rif. M23NGJ7IKRQ5Utrecht: Herman van Borculo 1541. Contemporary vellum wrapper straight-sewn on 3 tanned calf straps laced through the wrapper with the authors name in large textura lettering reading up the spine. Small 8vo 16 x 10.5 cm. With Van Borculos winged stag couchant regardant and book device on the title page and another salient regardant with 2 books on the verso of the otherwise blank last leaf; and 3 vine-leaf ornaments Vervilet 7 8 & 43. Set in an Aldine-style italic type with upright capitals; 92 mm/20 lines with roman capitals for occasional words phrases and 2-line initials. Rare first edition in the original Latin of the collected poetic works of the humanist and neo-Latin poet Janus or Joannes Secundus Jan Everaerts 1511-1536 who "ranks among the foremost poets of the world" as "the only famous 16th-century Dutch poet" Guépin p. 231: "one of the most significant and enduring poets of the Renaissance" and "the outstanding Latin love poet of the northern Renaissance" Price p. 1. Although not quite twenty-five when he died he published numerous poetic works from 1532 to 1536 but left most of his work unpublished at his premature death. Much of his poetry appeared for the first time in the present posthumous edition. Janus is most famous for his "Basia" kisses: 19 lyric love poems influenced by Catullus. Janus's three books of elegies especially the first book comprising 11 love poems to his possibly fictional first love Julia are also masterpieces of neo-Latin poetry.Although revered internationally in his own century and influential throughout the 17th and 18th centuries among his avid readers were Ronsard Fleming Huygens Milton and Goethe Janus's name has been eclipsed in the Netherlands by those of Cats and Vondel in part because they wrote in Dutch.Janus Secundus was born in The Hague. His father was a lawyer at the leading courts of the Low Countries and the family moved to Maastricht when Janus was sixteen. He studied law there and later studied at Bourges and at the University in Louvain. Though a native Dutch speaker and fluent in French Janus had learned Latin with his older brothers at an early age and corresponded with them in Latin.With 3 French verses in a near contemporary hand on the endleavesFurther with a near contemporary donation inscription on the title-page; a 19th-century bookplate on the inside front wrapper and blue ink stamp on the title-page. With the title-page somewhat worn and with stains in its margins plus a water stain in the first 10 leaves and a fainter marginal one some of the last few leaves but otherwise in good condition. The sewing supports have broken at the front hinge and the velum wrapper is somewhat soiled with a small corner of the back wrapper lost. Rare first edition of a seminal work of neo-Latin poetry by the first great Dutch poet Janus Secundus.l Adams S837 1 copy; BMC STC Dutch p. 185; G. Joos Uitgaven van Janus Secundus 10; Netherlandish books 27713 10 copies; USTC 421142 same 10 copies; Valkema Blouw Typ. Batava 2673 13 copies; not in Oberlé Poètes néo-Latins; for Secundus: J.P. Guépin "Tres fratres Belgae: brothers poets and civil servants in the sixteenth century" in: The Low Countries 8 2000 pp. 231-238; David Price Janus Secundus 1996. Herman van Borculo, hardcover
1779rif. ST19371Madrid: Imprenta Real 1779. FIRST EDITION. 235 x 150 mm. 9 1/4 x 6". 10 p.l. 126 XL pp. 1 leaf errata. EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON MOROCCO BY DEROME LE JEUNE his ticket with address of Rue St. Jacques on verso of front free endpaper covers framed with thick and thin gilt rules raised bands spine compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by a lozenge of small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling gilt-rolled turn-ins gilt edges cobalt blue paste-paper endpapers. WITH SIX CHARMING ENGRAVED ALLEGORICAL PLATES after G. Ferre. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff and small book label with a gilt cipher on a red peach. A Large Paper Copy. Palau y Dulcet IV 107; RSIM B VI 429; MGG VI 1403 f.; Gregory-Bartlett I 129. Three minute dents to front board a hint of wear to bands and corners isolated faint foxing blank recto of frontispiece leaf and blank verso of final leaf with faint blue shadown from endpapers but all of these quite trivial and otherwise A BEAUTIFUL COPY--fresh clean and bright internally with very wide margins and strong impressions of the plates and in a lustrous binding showing with few signs of use. This is surely one of the handsomest poetical treatises on music ever produced and it is offered here in a binding done by one of the finest craftsmen working in Europe during the period of the book's publication. The work is written in the "silva" form of poetry used by persons of high rank illustrated with fine engravings and put into elegant morocco by the finest hands among the large Derome family of binders. According to Palau our first edition is "beautiful and printed on fine paper." He says further that although the strongly expressed opinions of the youthful author on contemporary composers caused the work to be "unfairly attacked" it was "appreciated by professors of music and collectors of literature in that genre" especially in Italy and America. A child of the Enlightenment Iriate 1750-91 gained entry to intellectual and artistic circles in Madrid through his uncle who was librarian to the king of Spain. He translated works by Horace and Virgil into Spanish by royal request and wrote criticism poetry and dramas. He is best known for his satirical fables on the contemporary literary scene "Fábulas literarias." There were no fewer than 18 members of the Derome family who made their livings as binders in Paris from the middle of the 17th century until the first quarter of the 19th but by far the most distinguished family member was Nicolas-Denis called "le jeune" 1731-88. Known for the gracefulness of his bindings and for being capable of "amazing delicacy" in Hobson's words Derome le jeune was simply the leading binder of the day and his work was much in demand. Because he refused to turn away customers Derome was forced to hire a number of assistants whose work he could not always supervise closely. However Thoinan says that the binder's best work is indicated by the presence of his ticket as here. The volume's provenance adds to its luster: it was in the distinguished library of American bibliophile Mortimer Schiff 1877-1931. In Dickinson's words Schiff a financier and philanthropist Schiff "brought together an unrivaled collection of decorative bindings." His library included works by great printers important illustrated books and works printed on vellum but chiefly fine and historic bindings. The "Reliures" database of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France commends Schiff for assembling "one of the most important inter-war libraries" noting that his collection was "renowned for its collection of French bindings.". Imprenta Real unknown books
1938rif. 312786N.p.: Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman 1938. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White printed wrappers stapled. Very good. Some minor wear. Green quarter morocco slipcase. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Salmon fishing during four days in the first part of July 1938 by a party of six who styled themselves the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fishermen comprising: Evan A. Evans Louis M. Hanks Roy F. Tomlinson Theodore G. Montague William S. Kies and George I. Haight to whom authorship is attributed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The last page of text records their catch by weights. Rare. Wetzel p. 171 tentatively ascribed to William Kies. "A rare work."; Bruns K-45 not seen; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 105. OCLC 2 copies Princeton Wisconsin Historical Society Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman] unknown
1938rif. 312786N.p.: Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman 1938. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White printed wrappers stapled. Very good. Some minor wear. Green quarter morocco slipcase. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Salmon fishing during four days in the first part of July 1938 by a party of six who styled themselves the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fishermen comprising: Evan A. Evans Louis M. Hanks Roy F. Tomlinson Theodore G. Montague William S. Kies and George I. Haight to whom authorship is attributed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The last page of text records their catch by weights. Rare. Wetzel p. 171 tentatively ascribed to William Kies. "A rare work."; Bruns K-45 not seen; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 105. OCLC 2 copies Princeton Wisconsin Historical Society Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman] unknown books
1850rif. List1929California 1850. With thirteen letters most multi-page written from Monterey in 1850 a 7 pp facsimile transcription of a 1834 Mexican land grant on cloth measuring 11 x 14 inches and and eleven page document on paper in Spanish relating to a Monterey land grant transcribing an 1841 document. Letters heavily worn with some loss at margins but mostly legible land grant in good to very good condition transcribed document in Spanish in fair condition with water damage to margins. Fair. An interesting archive of 1850s-era material relating to the life and career of the surveyor Edward Williams which recently surfaced in the central mother lode region. The group includes his personal letters from the California Gold Rush as well as well two interesting documents form his work for the Surveyor General J.W. Mandeville in 1858 where he transcribed two Mexican land grants. Lt. Edward Williams was a member of Company E New York Volunteers under Capt. Nelson Taylor. He came to California around 1847 and found employment as a deputy surveyor later working for the Office of the Surveyor General of the Unites States for California. In 1858 Surveyor General J.W. Mandeville commissioned a report on Mexican-era California Land Grants. Mandeville had Williams copy the original documents exactly - inclusive of an ink copy on linen that is an "exact tracing" of the original documents starting with 1834 up through about 1840. These "copies" were submitted to the Surveyor General in 1858 for use in the report. Williams continued the title work by copying other documents from about 1841 though this time not as a tracing but hand copied on the usual blue paper of the 1850s. The documents illustrate the length officials went to while they investigated Mexican Land Grant titles to California properties in the 1850s. The process was difficult and involved two distinctly separate cultures and legal systems that clearly conflicted. The Mexican Government granted rights for these large land parcels in California to various people but clearly stated they could not sell parts of the property. The wording was used many times in litigation of the period in both defense of the land grants and in opposition to how the land grants were handled. The issues were actually quite simple in that the Mexican legal standards for land grants was far different from those in the United States and the two differing forms of written land ownership and use clashed. These documents reflect a parcel of land granted to Francisco Mesa at "Corral de Tierra" a large parcel in Monterrey County California. Mesa had requested land for "his personal use and that of his family." In the Grant the title papers reflect "while the land is under Francisco's possession it cannot be divided mortgaged or a levy placed on it nor handed down." These original documents help illustrate the complex story of Mexican Land Grants in California. Also included are thirteen letters from Ed aka "Ned" to various family members primarily his mother and sister Alice and vice versa. About half are from Ed the other half are written to him. The dates of the letters are; 1850: February 10th April 15th April 16th April 28th June 10th July 30th October 11th and November 17th and 1851: September 9th. One undated letter with heavy loss is written from Panama. The letters are generally readable but the condition far from perfect with water stains throughout and chips abundant along edges and significant textual loss. The letters are generally at least two pages sometimes four or more inclusive of writing in the crossed line custom to save paper. Most are datelined at Monterrey where he discusses the people the customs setting and more. Despite the condition flaws there is much to be gleaned from his correspondence. In his April 15 1850 letter . he describes his trip to San Juan Bautista from Monterrey in detail while he was on his way to San Francisco. Williams writes of his great pleasure on tasting cooked beef by the Indians that he found was the best he ever tasted as they camped on the way to San Jose with the ultimate goal Mission Dolores in San Francisco: “this the beef they put on the embers of the fire and broiled it - I never tasted anything like it before so tender so juicy…” One of his first notes on San Francisco: "There are regular streets filled with all kinds of sorts of stores… The shipping covers the water as far as you can see. And those nearest the shore are converted into store houses the rigging being taken down and the and holes cut in the sides for doors.The best houses in town are occupied by gamblers . a large saloon filled with tables on which are played all kinds of games of chance - at some of the tables are displayed immense amounts of coin and gold in lumps worth from 1 to 5000 dollars which some poor infatuated fool of a miner has at some time lost to them." In his letter of April 16th he discusses both his difficulties with women in California and his lack of fitting in back east: “The Spanish Girls are very nice and all that sort of thing but the trouble is to find one that is educated. I can’t bear an uneducated wom an and I think I shall have to come to N.Y. and bring one out here… I know one or two in N.Y. but I don’t believe they would have such an uncouth specimen of an ‘hombre’ as me…” In his next letter he describes Carmel in detail. He states: “I haven’t been to the mines nor have I any inclination to go” though he intends to settle in California permanently. In his next letter he discusses the people he’s met and how he detests the anglophone community there: “How do I like the People Those of Spanish whom I call my friends I love with all my soul - there is not much society except among them… the Eng. and Am. population I detest from the bottom of my heart. This may sound strange but you will know the por que when you arrive.” He then praises the climate and scenery of Monterey. One letter written from Panama which has unfortunately sustained heavy losses at margins offers some details of the trip on the Chagres River. The replies to Williams from his family offer details on life in New York and are similarly compromised in condition but overall there is enough to glean from the group to provide a detailed example of family correspondence from the period. Overall a very interesting and unusual archive of a young professional who moved to California during the Gold Rush period and rejected the Anglophone mining community with particular interest to historians of Monterey and of the systems of land grants that shaped Mexican and American land policy in the nineteenth century. unknown books
rif. 8333One full-page woodcut. .5 29 .5; 15.5 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo orig. blue wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper cover later decorated wrappers later stitching. From the colophon at end of Vol. II: Edo Kyoto & Osaka: Hanabusaya Heikichi et al. 1812. with: —. Haru nanakusa ko Thoughts about Seven Herbs in Spring. Three full-page woodcuts & nine smaller woodcuts in the text. .5 36 folding leaves. 8vo orig. blue wrappers as above later decorated wrappers later stitching. From the colophon: Edo: Yamashiroya Sahei 1814. First editions a rare complete set of these two works which are concerned with two important seasonal celebrations. The first of the year is the Festival of Seven Herbs in Spring Nanakusa no sekku a traditional Japanese ritual of eating seven-herb rice porridge on the 7th of January; its consumption would bring longevity and health and ward off evil. The tradition derives from ancient China. The seven herbs are seri Japanese parsley nazuna shepherd’s purse gogyo cudweed hakobera chickweed tahirako nipplewort suzuna turnip and suzushiro daikon radish. The other is the Festival of Seven Autumn Herbs Akino nanakusa less well known then the spring celebration. These herbs are hagi bush clover obana/susuki Japanese pampas grass kuzu kudzu nadeshiko Japanese dianthus ominaeshi Patrinia scabiosifolia fujibakama Eupatorium fortunei and kikyo balloon flower. While many of them have medicinal qualities for this festival they are not for eating but for viewing and admiring. Kikuu Kitano 1762-1831 a native of Sendai came to Edo in the 1780s and opened an antiques gallery that enjoyed great success. In 1804 he purchased a large piece of land in the Mukojima section of Edo where he established a botanic garden today known as the Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden. It is Tokyo’s only surviving garden from the Edo period. There he planted a landscaped orchard of 360 plum trees and other plants including the seven herbs of both spring and autumn selected by Kitano and his literati friends both poets and painters. These works are very beautifully printed using a wide variety of character styles to express meanings and authorship. The first two volumes to be published — on the autumn festival — contain a fine full-page woodcut designed by the author showing all seven herbs. The text contains references to each herb in waka and kanshi Chinese poetry written by Japanese a guide to understanding the nuances of the poetry and the botanical literature. The spring festival volume published two years later describes each of the seven spring herbs and their uses in medicine and gastronomy with many references to the Japanese botanical literature. There is a long passage on how to prepare the springtime porridge. The woodcuts depicting each of the seven herbs are by prominent artists including Kita Busei 1776-1856 and an unidentified woman artist. PROVENANCE: With the seals of Mayori 1829-1906 and Mamichi 1866-1925 Kurokawa prominent father and son book collectors. Their collection was largely concerned with botanical and herbal books; most of the collection was destroyed in the great Kanto earthquake. Our set later entered the collection of Frank Hawley scholar and one of the most discerning collectors of Japanese books and manuscripts. His stamp appears on the first page of text. See R.H. van Gulik’s “In Memoriam. Frank Hawley 1906-1961” in Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 16 No. 3/4 Oct. 1960-Jan. 1961 pp. 434-47. Fine set preserved in a fine chitsu. With some mostly marginal worming much of which has been carefully repaired. unknown books
1931rif. 328c6774Paris: Editions R.I.S.S. 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 225 pages. "Beneath the great westward flow of our civilization there are undercurrents moving eastward. These are impelled by a spirit which looks back to the east to the days of tyrant and slave of luxury and misery and incidentally to the suppression of western culture. The following pages are designed to cast light on these eastern undercurrents which have undermined western states." - Preface. Black and white photographic portrait of Sergius A. Nilus who "published the first complete version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Russia in 1905." - Wikipedia. In this work "the genesis of the Protocols is traced to Asher Ginzberg better known by his Hebrew pen name Ahad ha-Am who supposedly wrote the Protocols in Hebrew in 1880 while in Odessa." - Singerman 0221. Erratum list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Age-yellowing to card covers and contents. Covers nearly detached. Binding tender.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion Zionism Israel Balfour Declaration Jacob Brafmann Russia Asher Ginzberg Political Zionism Ahad ha-Am . Editions R.I.S.S. paperback
rif. 9990Eight vols. Large 8vo orig. wrappers orig. stitching. China: 1802 date of colophon. Second edition of this landmark Manchu-Chinese dictionary the last of the great Manchu dictionaries of the 18th century. Ihing first published his dictionary privately in 1786 the date of the Preface. We know of only one copy of this edition held at a Chinese library. All other copies in circulation are to the best of our knowledge of the second edition. In 1708 on the Kangxi emperor’s command a Mirror of the Manchu Language had been published at court. In 1724 Li Yanji published Ch.: Qingwen huishu 清文彙書 Ma.: Manju isabuha bithe Manchu Collected which translated the contents of the Mirror into Chinese and rearranged the entries in Manchu alphabetical order. Li’s book became outdated however when the Qianlong emperor reformed the Manchu lexicon and published a number of new lexicographical works the most important of which was the Mirror of the Manchu Language Expanded and Emended from 1772-73. Our book did to the “expanded and emended” Mirror what Li Yanji had done to Kangxi’s original: rearrange its contents in Manchu alphabetical order. Yet Ihing went further than that. He also culled words from other Manchu books published on imperial command in the preceding years including a book with phrases from pre-conquest Manchu sources and translations of the Confucian classics. The result is that Ihing’s dictionary contains words that were not in Qianlong’s expanded Mirror making it in these cases the more complete lexicographical resource. For example a term such as deyengge nimaha “flying fish” is included in our book but not in Qianlong’s Mirror. In such cases Ihing noted that the words had been announced by the Grand Secretariat on such-and-such a date. Our copy has slips on the outside cover of the volumes with Manchu syllables written in manuscript. The syllables indicate which word initials are covered in the volume in question facilitating searching the dictionary. There is a colophon by Fa-ke-jing-e æ³•å…‹ç²¾é¡ dated 1802. A nephew of Ihing Fa-ke-jing-e revised the book at his uncle’s request. Ihing Ch.: Yi-xing 1747-1809 belonged to the Bordered Yellow Manchu Banner and as a descendant of Nurhaci was a member of the imperial clan. He rose to the post of vice minister of several of the boards in the Qing secondary capital at Mukden and later served as governor of several southern provinces and as an imperial agent in Outer Mongolia. Very good set some light dampstaining in the final volume; preserved in a hantao. ⧠Mårten Söderblom Saarela The Early Modern Travels of Manchu: A Script and Its Study in East Asia and Europe 109. unknown
rif. 9990Eight vols. Large 8vo orig. wrappers orig. stitching. China: 1802 date of colophon. Second edition of this landmark Manchu-Chinese dictionary the last of the great Manchu dictionaries of the 18th century. Ihing first published his dictionary privately in 1786 the date of the Preface. We know of only one copy of this edition held at a Chinese library. All other copies in circulation are to the best of our knowledge of the second edition. In 1708 on the Kangxi emperor’s command a Mirror of the Manchu Language had been published at court. In 1724 Li Yanji published Ch.: Qingwen huishu 清文彙書 Ma.: Manju isabuha bithe Manchu Collected which translated the contents of the Mirror into Chinese and rearranged the entries in Manchu alphabetical order. Li’s book became outdated however when the Qianlong emperor reformed the Manchu lexicon and published a number of new lexicographical works the most important of which was the Mirror of the Manchu Language Expanded and Emended from 1772-73. Our book did to the “expanded and emended” Mirror what Li Yanji had done to Kangxi’s original: rearrange its contents in Manchu alphabetical order. Yet Ihing went further than that. He also culled words from other Manchu books published on imperial command in the preceding years including a book with phrases from pre-conquest Manchu sources and translations of the Confucian classics. The result is that Ihing’s dictionary contains words that were not in Qianlong’s expanded Mirror making it in these cases the more complete lexicographical resource. For example a term such as deyengge nimaha “flying fish” is included in our book but not in Qianlong’s Mirror. In such cases Ihing noted that the words had been announced by the Grand Secretariat on such-and-such a date. Our copy has slips on the outside cover of the volumes with Manchu syllables written in manuscript. The syllables indicate which word initials are covered in the volume in question facilitating searching the dictionary. There is a colophon by Fa-ke-jing-e æ³•å…‹ç²¾é¡ dated 1802. A nephew of Ihing Fa-ke-jing-e revised the book at his uncle’s request. Ihing Ch.: Yi-xing 1747-1809 belonged to the Bordered Yellow Manchu Banner and as a descendant of Nurhaci was a member of the imperial clan. He rose to the post of vice minister of several of the boards in the Qing secondary capital at Mukden and later served as governor of several southern provinces and as an imperial agent in Outer Mongolia. Very good set some light dampstaining in the final volume; preserved in a hantao. ⧠Mårten Söderblom Saarela The Early Modern Travels of Manchu: A Script and Its Study in East Asia and Europe 109. unknown books
rif. 10493Woodblock-printed map 830 x 1715 mm. finely hand-colored. Edo: Sagamiya Tahei 相模屋太兵衞 1697. The 1697 printing of Ishikawa’s famous map of Japan; a less complex printing was first issued in 1691 an earlier version with a different title appeared in 1689. The series of maps published by Ishikawa an ukiyo-e artist “established a model for woodblock maps throughout most of the eighteenth century. Works based on Ishikawa's original version and published mainly in the area of Edo are referred to as Ryūsen-type maps of Japan. Ishikawa’s maps were both decorative and practical and they served as a combined Who’s Who and travel map. Useful information to administrators travelers and the general public included the names of feudal lords the standard productivity of the land in koku of rice and important and scenic places along the routes. Each new edition tended to expand both the informative and ornamental aspects of the work.”–Kazutaka Unno “Cartography in Japan” in The History of Cartography Vol. 2 Book 2 Chicago: 1994 pp. 412-13. Our map is finely hand-colored showing fiefdoms and includes lists of important place names and shrines a chart of tidal variations and a chart of seasonal changes. Another chart gives distances from Nagasaki to far-away destinations such as Holland Indonesia Thailand the Philippines and several port cities of China. The main highways are shown as well as the inland and coastal sea routes. Also indicated are post stations on highways such as the TÅkaidÅ running from Edo present-day Tokyo to Kyoto and the distances between stations. Thanks to the beautiful colors and wealth of information Ryūsen’s maps became very popular and this style of map set the pattern for most published maps of Japan for the next century. In the extremities of the map small portions of China Korea Ryūkyū and Hokkaido are shown. Fine copy. Short clean splits in a couple of folds. Well-backed and minor worming mended. ⧠Mary Elizabeth Berry Japan in Print. Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period California: 2006 pp. 2-3–The map is “so legible and packed with information that it has been revised and reissued annually since its first publication in 1689. It charts the nation’s provinces and castle towns land and water routes famous sites and scenic places. It labels every ferry crossing and every post station along the major highways listing the distances between stops in an index. Thick with social and political geography it also identifies all regional lords or daimyo with notes on the gross productivity of their domains.”. unknown
rif. 10493Woodblock-printed map 830 x 1715 mm. finely hand-colored. Edo: Sagamiya Tahei 相模屋太兵衞 1697. The 1697 printing of Ishikawa’s famous map of Japan; a less complex printing was first issued in 1691 an earlier version with a different title appeared in 1689. The series of maps published by Ishikawa an ukiyo-e artist “established a model for woodblock maps throughout most of the eighteenth century. Works based on Ishikawa's original version and published mainly in the area of Edo are referred to as Ryūsen-type maps of Japan. Ishikawa’s maps were both decorative and practical and they served as a combined Who’s Who and travel map. Useful information to administrators travelers and the general public included the names of feudal lords the standard productivity of the land in koku of rice and important and scenic places along the routes. Each new edition tended to expand both the informative and ornamental aspects of the work.”–Kazutaka Unno “Cartography in Japan” in The History of Cartography Vol. 2 Book 2 Chicago: 1994 pp. 412-13. Our map is finely hand-colored showing fiefdoms and includes lists of important place names and shrines a chart of tidal variations and a chart of seasonal changes. Another chart gives distances from Nagasaki to far-away destinations such as Holland Indonesia Thailand the Philippines and several port cities of China. The main highways are shown as well as the inland and coastal sea routes. Also indicated are post stations on highways such as the TÅkaidÅ running from Edo present-day Tokyo to Kyoto and the distances between stations. Thanks to the beautiful colors and wealth of information Ryūsen’s maps became very popular and this style of map set the pattern for most published maps of Japan for the next century. In the extremities of the map small portions of China Korea Ryūkyū and Hokkaido are shown. Fine copy. Short clean splits in a couple of folds. Well-backed and minor worming mended. ⧠Mary Elizabeth Berry Japan in Print. Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period California: 2006 pp. 2-3–The map is “so legible and packed with information that it has been revised and reissued annually since its first publication in 1689. It charts the nation’s provinces and castle towns land and water routes famous sites and scenic places. It labels every ferry crossing and every post station along the major highways listing the distances between stops in an index. Thick with social and political geography it also identifies all regional lords or daimyo with notes on the gross productivity of their domains.”. unknown books
rif. 10372Ten vols. 8vo orig. wrappers old stitching. China: 1909-12. An important one-of-a-kind trilingual textbook. In 1905 the Qing government took the radical move to abolish the civil service examinations which had been contested for a long time and reformed in 1901. Rather than a system of examinations supported by schools preparing students for the lowest level of the exams the court instituted a tiered system of schools from elementary to advanced with students across the country using new textbooks. Our book is a product of the extension of this new educational regime to “present-day” Inner Mongolia. One of the two textbooks chosen for the new Chinese schools — and the most popular — was Zuixin chudeng xiaoxue guowen jiaokeshu 最新åˆç‰å°å¸åœ‹æ–‡æ•™ç§‘書 The Up-to-Date National Language Reader for Lower Primary Schools which Jiang Weiqiao 1873-1958 and Zhuang Yu 1878-1940 published in 1905 with the Commercial Press in Shanghai. Jiang was a low-level examination graduate who had been exposed to Western learning through the publications of the Jiangnan arsenal. After a first career as a teacher in new-style schools he entered the translation department at the Commercial Press in 1903 where he planned and wrote many of the textbooks that the press published. His later career was spent in education administration at the national provincial and university levels. Zhuang was trained in geography and entered the Commercial Press on Jiang’s recommendation. He too later worked in school administration while continuing to write textbooks. The purpose of Jiang and Zhuang’s book was as they explained in the Preface to “provide everyone basic moral values and knowledge and enable them to learn about important thoughts of ancient sages and academics arts and skills of all countries in the world.” Like others in the genre this book “touched on a wide range of topics such as science history geography and civics” and included “the newest terms concerning every subject at the time and reflected the most recent findings of scholars” He pp. 100-01. As the Qing government attempted to bring the empire’s Inner Asian possessions closer to China proper in the face of foreign aggression new schools were instituted in parts of Inner Mongolia. What textbooks to use presented a problem. Ungde or Rongde who was appointed as honorary supervisor of the Fengtian Mongolian Language School in what is now the city of Shenyang was aware of this issue. Ungde also taught Mongolian at the school. He noted that the school used Gao E’s 高鶚 Lizhi jiyao åæ²»è¼¯è¦ Essentials of Administrative Discipline which Tongšui 通瑞 had translated into Manchu and Meng boo å¤¢ä¿ in turn translated into Mongolian. Gao’s text had been written sometime before his death in 1814 and it was not a textbook fit for molding an informed citizenry in the early 20th century. Ungde therefore decided to translate Zuixin chudeng xiaoxue guowen jiaokeshu into Mongolian. Mongolia had traditionally been administered in the two languages of Mongolian and Manchu the Qing dynastic language and not in Chinese. Accordingly most of the Mongolian pedagogical literature that circulated in China — as opposed to the Tibeto-Mongolian literature that circulated in the Buddhist milieus of Mongolia itself — contained Manchu as a bridge language between Chinese and Mongolian. Ungde felt the need to keep Manchu in the new textbook as well. Translating a textbook concerned with modern industrial society meant that Ungde had to invent many new terms for which there were no Manchu or classical Mongolian equivalents. Scholars who have studied this issue in reference to Manchu have pointed out new words such as “society” ba-i acan “civilization” šu genggiyen “automobile” sukdun-i sejen “machine” šurdere tetun “telephone” talkiyan-i gisun and “telegraph” talkiyan-i serkin Qu p. 62. Before the translation received official endorsement Ungde translated four volumes between 1907 and 1909. These four were subsequently published along with two more in 1909 for distribution to the new schools. In 1910 Volumes 5 to 8 were published. Volumes 9 and 10 appeared only at the very end of 1912 when the Manchu dynasty had already fallen and China had been declared a republic. These different printings were presented to the throne and subsequently the president’s office. Reportedly an additional eight volumes were translated but they were never printed and do not appear to have survived Li first article p. 41. Our copy is a later printing. The Preface contains the list of Ungde’s students who assisted by writing the fair copy of the book which is missing in the early printings Li second article p. 67. The book is rare today; we are able to only locate four copies in North American libraries Walravens no. 248 WorldCat. Nice set with minor browning. Preserved in two hantao. ⧠Li Qinpu æŽå‹¤ç’ž Man-Meng-Han sanwen hebi jiaokeshu de fanyi banxing shang 《满蒙汉三文åˆç’§æ•™ç§‘书》的翻译é¢è¡Œï¼ˆä¸Šï¼‰ Manyu yanjiu 2014 No. 1: pp. 34-42; idem “.xia” 下 Manyu yanjiu 2014 No. 2: pp. 67-74; Qu Liusheng 屈六生 “Lun Qingmo Manyu de fazhan: Jianping Man-Meng-Han sanwen jiaokeshu” 論清末滿語的發展——兼評《滿蒙漢三åˆæ•™ç§‘書》 Manyu yanjiu 2004 No. 2: pp. 60-65; He Jiani “From Empire to Nation: The Politics of Language in Manchuria 1890-1911” PhD dissertation Cambridge 2018; Hartmut Walravens “Vorläufige Titelliste der Mandjurica in Bibliotheken der USA” Zentralasiatische Studien 10 1976: pp. 551-613. unknown
