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1875rif. 160133Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press 1875-78. The most important interdenominational missionary journal of the time A collection of four scarce early volumes of this Shanghai-based periodical which served as the expatriate missionary community's premier forum for sinological exchange including contributions on philosophy social history linguistics literature and religion. Early volumes are now seldom encountered in commerce. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal was first published in 1868 in Fuzhou under the editorship of Stephen Livingstone Baldwin and then Justus Doolittle. In 1874 editorial responsibilities were passed to Alexander Wylie 1815-1887 the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Shanghai with the city's American Presbyterian Mission Press taking over printing and distribution. Issued every two months the journal featured articles by leading missionary-sinologists including Emil Bretschneider Henry Yule Timothy Richard and Samuel Wells Williams. 24 parts in 4 vols octavo 235 x 153. With 4 folding plans and maps 3 woodblock and printed on delicate rice paper illustrations in text. Vol. VIII bound without the index. Contemporary black half sheep A. H. Chen Shantou recently rebacked with original spines laid down red spine labels purple wavy-grain cloth sides. Bindings somewhat worn and faded small piece of leather reglued at head contents generally fresh folding plans with occasional creasing and stub tears. A very good set. Francesca Torocco The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism 2007. hardcover
1895rif. 182165Shanghai: Published at the Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1895-1905. I believe the Inspectorate aided by its Medical Officers can do good work A lengthy run of this valuable specialist compendium. Each issue had a circulation of around 500 copies only the majority sent to customs stations and libraries as well as diplomats and naval officers and copies are therefore rare in commerce. The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was founded in 1854 by Britain and other foreign powers to collect taxes on maritime trade for the Chinese government but its remit quickly expanded to include domestic customs administration the postal service waterway and harbour management and scientific research. In 1870 Inspector-General Sir Robert Hart instituted this series information to be provided by the medical officers assigned to customs stations. Issues were issued on a yearly or half-yearly basis sometimes in double numbers. "This network of epidemic monitoring and ecological investigation which was gradually built up by the medical officers and medical missionaries extended throughout East Asia and created a huge medical database" Gao p. 54. 17 works bound in 3 quarto 271 x 220 mm. With plates charts maps and diagrams throughout some folding and a few in colour; occasional text in French. Contemporary blue library cloth spines lettered in gilt top edges sprinkled brown other edges untrimmed original yellow wrappers bound in. Ex-Bodleian Library with its shelf labels on spines pencilled pressmarks and accession and cancellation ink stamps. Bindings lightly worn and rubbed one spine with abrasions to cloth occasional short closed tears internally the odd repair and loss but a very good usable collection. Gao Xi "Discovering Diseases: Research on the Globalization of Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century China" in David Luesink William H. Schneider and Zhang Daqing eds China and the Globalization of Biomedicine 2019. hardcover
1920rif. 152667China: 1920. From palace to park lake to shining sea A collection of 230 vernacular photographs recording a couple's trip to Beijing Jinan and Qingdao a decade after the abdication of the last Qing emperor. Arranged chronologically the album combines landscape and architectural views with candid shots of the travellers and the people they met. The appearance of many easily identifiable landmarks more than compensates for a lack of captions. The travellers begin their holiday in Beijing recently the site of the May Fourth demonstrations. The first 35 images capture the serenity of the Summer Palace once an imperial retreat with images showing the East Palace Gate and the exterior Hall of Joyful Longevity. The visitors strike jaunty individual poses on a stone lion and ride regally on the back of a bronze deer statue. The lady is captured from a distance on a balcony overlooking the Kunming Lake the largest body of water in the palace complex with the famous 17-arch bridge visible in the background. Like many before them these travellers are drawn to such architectural wonders as the Glowing Clouds and Holy Land Archway as well as the full-size marble boat restored by the Empress Cixi in the 19th century using funds allocated for outfitting a real navy. Several vistas of the lake show its solitude and remoteness - qualities accentuated by the palace's transition in 1914 from a working royal residence into a publicly accessible monument to China's imperial past. Until 1924 the Forbidden City remained the private residence of the last emperor Pu Yi and this album thus contains only a few images taken in the accessible outer court. The travellers find more freedom however in nearby Beihai Park climbing up to the imposing White Pagoda and snapping several views of Beijing from on high. Also captured here are two soldiers on duty by one of the bridge archways as well as the classic view of the pagoda looming over the park's picturesque lake. China's rapidly growing network of railway lines afforded travellers conveniences unknown even a couple of decades before. The visitors record their journey on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line the first stretch of railway built by the Chinese government rather than foreign investors alighting near Nankou. There the lady poses in a sedan chair and later with three young children fascinated by a camera held by one of the couple's acquaintances. Visiting the Ming tombs affords many opportunities to photograph and be photographed with the famous stone animal sculptures while in one image the lady lies comfortably in a tree. Back on the train they travel to the Great Wall near Badaling and Qinglongqiao. A dozen pictures taken on the wall show the brickwork in a state of disrepair as was common with sections of the wall by this time and the travellers take refreshments on a level section with some local children for company. A well-earned rest on the return train refreshes them for a visit to the Jade Peak Pagoda on Jade Spring Hill today the site of residences for top political leaders with the camera capturing several nice landscape views of the pagoda and a temple desecrated inside. Following further excursions to the unmissable Temple of Heaven and the Cishou Pagoda they follow the steel rails to Jinan admiring the Yangtze River and waterfront industries in the company of local perhaps warlord troops. The holiday ends in the Japan-controlled coastal resort of Qingdao its station platform teeming with adult and child passengers and its seafront peppered with colonial architecture including the Grand Hotel. The final photographs commemorate time spent at the beach and climbing a nearby mountain most likely Laoshan - the relaxing denouement to a holiday of considerable excitement. Landscape folio 260 x 335 mm. Original brown pebble-grain leatherette tied with brown cord through punch holes front cover lettered in gilt within blind frame covers lined with black moiré-patterned cloth 52 black card leaves with 230 gelatin silver photographs each c. 75 x 130 mm mounted with silver photo corners first blank with pencilled title "China 1920". With 3 gelatin silver photographs 63 x 40 mm loosely inserted. 2 photographs no longer present. Photographs clear most with silver mirroring and a few with corners lifting image loose from its mount and another partially split vertically a few leaves beginning to split at gutter couple of expertly repaired tears: a very good example. hardcover
1797rif. 035987London: G. Nicol 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 11 1/8" Tall. Frontispieces Plates And Illustrations. Ii Xxxiv518; Ii Xx 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding Five Bands Morocco Spine Labels Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper Original Off-White Endpapers Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards Hinges Tight Contents Clean Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times Bookseller 94 Consular Road Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894 Erased In Volume 1 Of George Ernest Morrison And A Few Marginalia Which Appear To Be His; George Ernest "G. E." Morrison 1862 - 1920 Also Known As Morrison Of Peking Or Chinese Morrison Was An Australian Adventurer Appointed In February 1897 As The Times Correspondent In Peking Despite His Lack Of Knowledge In The Chinese Language. He Traveled To Vladivostok And Reported To The Times That Russian Engineers Were Making Preliminary Surveys From Kirin Towards Port Arthur Then Sent A Telegram To Say That Russia Had Presented A Five-Day Ultimatum To China Demanding The Right To Construct A Railway To Port Arthur. This Was A Triumph For The Times And Its Correspondent But He Had Also Shown Prophetic Insight In Another Phrase Of His Dispatch When He Stated That "The Importance Of Japan In Relation To The Future Of Manchuria Cannot Be Disregarded". After A Visit To Siam And England Then To Australia 1899-1900 He Returned To Peking. When The Boxer Uprising Broke Out And During The Siege Of The Legations From June To August Morrison As An Acting-Lieutenant Showed Great Courage Always Ready To Volunteer For Every Service Of Danger. After A Siege Of 55 Days The Legations Were Relieved By A Multinational Force Which Then Ransacked Much Of The Palaces In Peking With Morrison Taking Part In The Looting. There Was Great Uncertainty Regarding The Future Of China In The Following Months And Through The Times Morrison Managed To Depict A Skewed Picture Before The British Public. While Russia And Japan United In Opposing Any Dismemberment Of China The Country Was Nevertheless Punished By The Imposition Of A Heavy Indemnity. In 1904 Morrison Became A Correspondent With The Japanese Army. He Was Present At The Entry Of The Japanese Into Port Arthur Early In 1905 And Represented The Times At The Usa Peace Conference. In 1907 He Crossed China From Peking To The French Border Of Tonkin And In 1910 Rode From Honan Across Asia To Russian Turkestan. From Andijan He Took A Train To St Petersburg And Then Traveled To London Arriving On 29 July 1910. A Great Chinese Physician Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Succeeded In Staying The Spread Of This Mortal Sickness Which Seemed To Threaten The Whole World. Morrison Published A Series Of Articles Advocating The Launching Of A Modern Scientific Public Health Service In China. When The Chinese Revolution Began In 1911 Morrison Took The Side Of The Revolutionaries. In August Morrison Resigned His Position On The Times To Become Political Adviser To The Chinese Government And Immediately Went To London To Assist In Floating A Chinese Loan Of £10 Million. In China During The Following Years He Had An Anxious Time Advising And Endeavoring To Deal With The Political Intrigues That Were Continually Going On. He Visited Australia Again In December 1917 And Returned To Peking In February 1918. He Represented China During The Peace Discussions At Versailles In 1919 But His Health Began To Give Way And He Retired To England Well Aware That He Had Only A Short Time To Live. He Died On 30 May 1920 . A Nice Historical Association. Later Ownership Signatures Of G B Wilson. G. Nicol hardcover
2000rif. 0803759China Renmin University Press 2000-01-01. paperback. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language: Chinese . The archives in this collection are stored in the First Historical Archives of China as a treasure. They systematically record the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in full detail. as well as the response of the Qing Government including the whole compensation procedure of the government after the war. It is a systematic exposure of the archives on the Boxer Movement in 1900. Most of the archives are exposed to the public for the first time which will help scholars. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. China Renmin University Press paperback
rif. 7437Paris - Bruxelles, Editions G. Van Oest, Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1914-1935. 18 volumes in folio, reliure moderne uniforme plein cuir (sauf pour le Volume II, en reliure cartonnée éditeur), très bon état.
2020rif. 2081502111900463Chinese book office 2020. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: Hardcover Chinese book office paperback
1655rif. E9PFZ6Y3Z0MCChina 1655. Colour drawings 3 ca. 28 x 18 cm the 4th cut down to 16.5 x 17.5 cm apparently showing Manchurian scenes. A series of 4 colour drawings of Manchurian scenes. All mounted on Dutch paper probably from the period 1650-1660. The paper of the drawings themselves ranges in three cases from 27 x 16 cm to 30 x 19.5 cm; the fourth has been cut down to 16.5 x 17.5 cm. The drawings show the following all outdoor scenes:1 a dignitary on horseback with his attendant on foot carrying a parasol.2 2 ladies 1 holding the other's sleeve with a flowering tree and an octagonal stone basin.3 a lady with a flowering plant in a basket with a deer at her side.4 2 ladies: 1 with a fan; the other leaning on a table with a vase of flowers.All 4 backed with matching European paper watermarked with a 7-point foolscap above "4" and 3 balls. The closest matches in the literature Laurentius 431-437 especially 431 and 435 date from 1651 to 1658. unknown
1954rif. 21470Paris, Chez Grasset, 1954 ; in-quarto tellière broché, chemise-étui moderne ; 140 pp., [2]ff., couverture granitée jaune rempliée, imprimée en noir et chocolat ; page de titre imprimée en noir et vert printemps.
1959rif. 1040941959 Pekin, The People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, 1959, 405x560mm, titre et 20 planches photographiques en couleurs, en feuilles sous coffret en carton fort recouvert de percaline bordeaux, titre estampé à l’or, motifs à froid en encadrement.L’année 1958 avait marqué pour la Chine le début d’une ère nouvelle ; rapidement transformée par Mao Tsé Toung en une société communiste moderne la nation se préparait à une immense célébration pour ses dix années d’existence, qui nécessitait en particulier l’agrandissement de la place Tienanmen et la construction de trois bâtiments emblématiques : Le Musée National de la Chine, la Gare Centrale de Pékin et le Grand Palais des Peuples.Ce dernier, d’un grand luxe et aussi grand que la Cité Interdite fut construit en moins d’un an. Le livre montre, à travers ses vingt photographies panoramiques le luxe intérieur et extérieur du palais, exagéré par des couleurs vives et une matière très brillante.Avec son luxueux coffret il devient un instrument de propagande parfait. Parfait état.Ruben Lundgren : The Photobooks Review, Novembre 2011, p.20. Parr Lundgren p.182-183.(104094)
1608In -8°, pp, 88, cartonato, tagli rossi. Sul verso del frontespizio altro titolo: “Lettera del padre Diego di Pantogia della Compagnia di Giesù al Padre Luigi di Guzman Provinciale nella Provincia di Toledo. Scritta in Pachino corte del Rè della Chiana a di 9 di Marzo, dell’anno 1602. Pubblicata originariamente in spagnolo nel 1605 questa lunga lettera, qui nella sua prima versione italiana, si distingue per la chiarezza argomentativa del testo, quasi giornalistica nel riportare dettagli della vita politica, economica, sociale e religiosa cinese. Il libro è valutato nodale anche come testimonianza circa i rapporti fra religione cattolica e Islam: “This is a very early source written by Christian on Muslims in China proper. The almost non-judgmental treatment of Islam is particularly interesting, although it must be noted that the text was written befor the Jesuit-Muslim conflicts fo the later part of the 16th century, so it must be possible to assume that relations at this time were fairly amicable. [...] The descriptions of Muslim life in China are fairly extensive in comparison with other texts of the early 17th century although, like its counterparts, the text focuses more on other religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Judaism”. (Thomas Davies, John Chesworth, “Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History”, 2012, vol. 11, p. 294. Diego de Pantoja o Diego Pantoja (Valdemoro 1571 – Macao 1618) era un gesuita e missionario portoghese in Cina, noto per aver accompagnato Matteo Ricci a Pechino, dove Diego avrebbe lavorato come astronomo, geografo e musicista. Nel 1617 fu processato come nemico degli astronomi cinesi (aveva apportato alcune correzioni al calendario) ed espulso dalla Cina. Published before in Spanish, this long letter, here in its first Italian edition, is valued as remarkable not only about early contacts between Christian Europe and China, but also about the relationship between Catholic religion and Muslim one: “This is a very early source written by Christian on Muslims in China proper. The almost non-judgmental treatment of Islam is particularly interesting, although it must be noted that the text was written befor the Jesuit-Muslim conflicts fo the later part of the 16th century, so it must be possible to assume that relations at this time were fairly amicable. [...] The descriptions of Muslim life in China are fairly extensive in comparison with other texts of the early 17th century although, like its counterparts, the text focuses more on other religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Judaism”. (Thomas Davies, John Chesworth, “Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History”, 2012, vol. 11, p. 294. Diego De Pantoja (1571-1618) was a portuguese jesuit and missionary in China, known for getting along Matteo Ricci to Beijing, where Diego was an astronomer, a geographer and a musician. He purpoused some changes to Chinese calendar, and in 1617 was prosecuted and banished from China.
1665rif. PHO-2284Leide, Jacob de Meurs, 1665. In-folio (38x25cm), titre frontispice, portrait, 290pp.-1f-134pp. erreurs de pagination, veau tacheté époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, réparation au dos avec caissons conservés et coins, trou sur la carte, réparations aux feuillets 93 & 188, petit trou de ver en marge, un feuillet (page 59) facsimilé manuscrit ancien, réparation à 1 planches, 2 feuillets renforcés en marge. Illustré d’un titre frontispice, un portrait de Colbert, une carte dépliante, 34 planches doubles et nombreuses vignettes
rif. 9421220th century. . 8 erotic paintings and 2 calligraphies. Dimensions of the paintings: 31 x 31.5 cm. Bound between two large grey cardboards 37.5 x 39 cm. [20th century]. hardcover
1959rif. 185404Beijing: "Beijing" huace bianji weiyuanhui 1959. The splendours of a socialist capital First edition deluxe issue published to mark the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Though unmarked as such this copy was owned by Solomon Adler one of the select group of Westerners permanently resident in China during the Mao era. The celebratory photobooks published in 1959 - equivalents were produced for Shanghai and other major cities - were predominantly distributed as gifts to party officials and foreign VIPs the latter group also receiving brochures containing translations of the captions. Among the many plates is an impressive folding panorama of Tiananmen Square and its vicinity showing the Great Hall of the People and the history museums which were all built in record time by a state keen to display communism's accomplishments. Immediately following the title page is a high-quality reproduction of Dong Xiwen's famous painting Kaiguo dadian "The Founding Ceremony". The work was repainted several times over the course of the 1950s as several party leaders present at the founding ceremony fell out of favour with Mao. An economist by training Adler 1909-1994 worked in the US in the 1940s but later fell under suspicion during the "red scare." After a period spent at Cambridge University he moved to China in 1962 living in Beijing until his death three decades later and working on the official Chinese translation into English of Mao's Selected Works. Parr & WassinkLundgren note three other issues: "a special deluxe clothbound issue with a gold brocade box and red cover;. a third edition with 120 selected photos printed on loose pages and placed in a brocade box; and a fourth edition with a silver brocade case". Quarto. With 64 tipped-in colour plates 8 folding 2 folding colour plates; illustrations throughout; title page printed in dark and light brown. Text in Chinese. With publisher's 8-page brochures of English and Russian captions loosely inserted. Original red silk over bevelled boards spine and front cover lettered in gilt spine with decorative gilt patterns front board decoratively blocked in blind with gilt vignette of Tiananmen cream patterned endpapers. Housed in original textured cardboard box front cover with calligraphic title in blind and photographic onlay showing fireworks in Beihai park. Silk bright with just light soiling and marking couple of edge creases to folding plates: a near-fine copy in very good box the onlay with some cockling. Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present pp. 180-1. hardcover
1905rif. 184601Shanghai: American Bible Society 1905. The Word on the street First edition traced in two institutions only designed to aid Christian missionaries preaching to China's 18 million Shanghainese speakers. Although unstated on the title page this version was prepared by John Alfred Silsby a presbyterian missionary eventually resident in the city for four decades. During the 19th century Christian missionaries produced transliteration and romanization systems for over 20 Chinese dialects. The first romanized Shanghainese gospel was published in 1856 Matthew edited by Chao Yin Sung and the first romanized New Testament appeared in 1870-1. Silsby 1858-1939 issued the Gospel of Matthew as a standalone work in 1895 and this edition of the gospels followed a decade later. In 1913 he completed his important reference An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect. This work was printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press on behalf of the American Bible Society. Copies are held by Cambridge University and National Taiwan University. Octavo in 4 parts. Original brown moiré cloth over limp card covers spine lettered in gilt. A few contemporary pencilled notes on one page. Spine sunned tidemarks at foot of inner front cover and first blank endleaves browned: very good. Thousand Tongues 252. hardcover
rif. MC80Folio logbook ca. 38x245 cm or 15 x 9 ¾ in. 1 – printed title page 67 1 - blank leaves of watermarked laid paper. A copy of “The Seaman's Journal Being an Easy and Correct Method of Keeping the Daily Reckoning of a Ship During the Course of Her Voyage” New York: Burtus & Crane with the entries carefully completed in brown ink on recto and verso of the leaves with a gap of recto of leaf 41 i.e. comprising 133 pp. of text. Title page with a woodcut vignette depicting a sail ship under the American flag hand coloured and with a period ink title “Bashee Islands 1809” underneath. Period red ink stamp “C. Teubner” on the title page watercolour drawing of a maritime signal flag on the front pastedown endpaper. Period brown quarter sheep with marbled papered boards neatly repaired on hinges and extremities. Paper slightly age-toned text with occasional stains leaf 23 and others but overall a very good logbook written in a legible hand. Historically significant original content-rich logbook with a detailed record of the first trade voyage of a New York East Indiaman “America” from New York to Canton Guangzhou and back in June 1809 – June 1810. A namesake of the famous Salem merchant ship and privateer during the War of 1812 ship “America” built in 1803-1804 made five privateer cruises in 1812-1815 broken up in 1831 this “America” was built on the New York shipyard of Adam and Noah Brown for the noted local merchant company “Minturn & Champlin” and launched in May 1809 shortly before her first voyage The United States Gazette May 15 1809 p. 3. The ship’s tonnage was 493 tons Morrison J.H. History of New York Ship Yards. N.Y. 1909 p. 47. On June 21 1809 New York authorities cleared “America” for a voyage to Canton under the command of Captain Mather Evening Post Marine List// The Evening Post. New York June 21 1809 p. 3. The logbook opens with “America’s” 158-day outbound voyage starting on June 24 1809 when the ship discharged the pilot after the passing of the Sandy Hook spit at the south entrance to New York Bay. She passed the Cape of Good Hope on September 12-13 1809 without calling at port and crossed the Indian Ocean choosing the route to China via the Alas Strait between Lombok and Sumbawa Islands Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. On October 21-22 “America” anchored near the “Bally Town” also marked “Laboagee” on some old maps; it is a settlement south of the modern-day town of Selong on the east coast of Lombok to get fresh water and trade for fresh supplies. A part of the crew went on shore where they were received by a local “king” who also visited the ship. “America” then crossed the “Java” Bali Sea proceeded north through the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Sulawesi crossed on October 26 – November 4 and went across the “Celebean” Celebes Sea towards the Pacific Ocean passing “Sarangaran” Sarangani and “Meangis” Miangas Islands. On November 11 1809 while in the “Celebean Sea” east of “Meangis” Island the compiler saw an island which “I did not find laid down in any chart Capt. Mather “America’s” Captain during the voyage in ship Aeolus from the Cape of Good Hope bound to China first discovered it on Sunday the 30th of November 1806…” The ship then sailed north in the Western Pacific Ocean along the east coast of the Philippines November 13-24 crossed the South China Sea passing “Bashee” Babyan “Lemma” Lamma and “Ladrones” Wanshan Islands arriving to Macao Macau on November 29. The goal of the voyage was to trade in Canton and quickly return to New York but “America” stayed there longer than expected. Captain Mather later reported that “all the English & American ships were embargoed at Canton from Jan. 27 to Feb. 22 in consequence of a new difficuly between the English and Chinese occasioned by a Chinese having been killed by a British seaman; and the English refused to deliver up any one unless the criminal could be pointed out which could not be done. It was expected the difficulty would be amicably settled” National Intelligencer. Washington City D.C. 18 June 1810 p. 3. The logbook omits the ship’s almost three-month stay in China and resumes with her departure from Macao on February 24 1810. On her 104-days return voyage “America” crossed the South China Sea sailed through the Gaspar Strait between Bangka and Belitung Islands east of Sumatra Java Sea and Sunda Strait went across the Indian Ocean and passed Cape of Good Hope April 25 and St. Helena Island May 6. The logbook ends at sea south-east of New York Bay close to the point recorded on the first day of the outbound voyage. New York “Evening Post” newspaper reported that “Arrived at this port on Saturday last the following vessels with valuable cargoes: Ship America Mather 105 days from Canton and 44 from the Cape of Good Hope with teas nankeens china silk and cassia to Minturn and Champlin owners” Evening Post Marine List// The Evening Post. New York June 11 1810 p. 3. The logbook follows the “America’s” voyage day by day thoroughly recording the ship’s geographical position and course weather winds currents operations with sails sundry works on board and ship’s repairs geographical objects passed vessels encountered termometer readings in the Strait of Alas and Western Pacific Ocean/ Philippine Sea the number of the day of the voyage and various events comets caught sharks fights on board an incident with a crew member falling overboard &c. Very interesting is a lengthy description of interactions with the inhabitants of the “Bally town” on Lombok Island where an “American ensign” was flying on shore notes about the sighting of an unknown island in the Western Pacific Ocean “two large comets” in the Indian Ocean endured storms various events on board names of encountered ships &c. Overall an important content-rich source on the history of early American trade voyages to China at the beginning of the 19th century. One of the latest mentions of the ship “America’s voyage to Canton still commanded by “Captain Mather” and owned by “Messrs. Minturn & Champlin” dates back to 1815 Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria Virginia 11 October 1915 p. 1. Excerpts from the logbook: June 24 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. These 24 hours begins with light winds and pleasant weather at 4 a.m. got under way with a light breeze from the south west at 11 a.m. … of Sandy Hook discharged the pilot. The wind hauled to the west. Set all the tending sails below and aloft. Several outward bound vessels in company. The America outsailed them all. July 15 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. <…> @ 8 a.m. saw a brig to the south and west stearing sic! to the north & east I took her to be a king’s brig. August 17 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. <…> @ 10 a.m. saw an Hermaphrodite Brig to the west steering to the N.W… September 25 1809. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> All hands employed trimming ship got some bales of cotton out the fore hold … them in the cabin filled 8 casks with salt water between decks sailmakers mending sales carpenters repairing jolly boat. October 16 1809. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Ship under full sail all hands employed getting the guns out the main hold & mounting them carpenters at the boats. October 21 1809. Transactions Straits of Alas. <…> @ 5 a.m. made the land Lombock & Sambawa western extremity of Sambawa bearing north <…> @ 7 a.m. saw the Peak of Lombock bearing N. by W. dist. 3 or 4 leagues <…> got to the mouth of the Strait of Alas. At 1 p.m. came too with the small bower in 14 fathoms water sticky bottom Bally town bearing N.W. by west dist. 2 miles. Furled all sail & out all boats ready for watering. Saw an American ensign flying on shore at Bally town. At 3 p.m. out all boats mannd sic! & arm’d went on shore to the town of Bally. First & second officers. Treated well by the natives… The Land at the entrance of the Straits of Alas both on the Lombock & Sambawa sides is very remarkable - there projects from the Island of Lombock about 100 yards a Rock resembling much in form a cannon with the mouth planted downwards as you pass the mouth of the Straits this Rock sheets in & the little Town of Bally opens to the view it consists merely of a few huts belonging to the natives who received us in a friendly manner & immediately commenced trafficking sic! their productions wh. consists chiefly of ducks fowls cocoa nuts plantains & other fruit generally found in these Latitudes for money jack knives looking glasses & particularly rasors sic! - they take care however to get the full value of what they dispose of & are no novices in making a bargain. They demanded 10 dollars or 4 muskets for permission to fill our water which proved to be very brackish - they however let us have some fine turtle. The inhabitants of this Island are of a copper colour middling stature & well made they chew great quantities of Beetle sic! nut wh. renders their teeth black & their gums very red. They are all armed with axes & spears & wear nothing but a piece of calico <…> tied around the middle. The King to whom we were introduced was sitting on his throne which was composed of a block of wood surrounded by his guards who were armed in the manner already described he received us very graciously and promised to supply us with whatever we stood in need of. October 22 1809. Transactions in Bally Roads. First part fresh gales & clear weather at 4 a.m. got the long boat & pinnace out & commenced watering the ship. At 8 a.m. got all the water & stock on board. Monday October 23 1809. First part calm with pleasant weather. At 5 a.m. got the boats in. At 8 a.m. King & a great many of the natives came on board to see the Captain & the ship. Bro’t some fruit off as a present to the Captain at 10 a.m. got under way with a light breeze from the south… November 11 1809. Transactions Celebean Sea. <.> @ 4 a.m. an island in sight N.W. by W. dist. 6 or 7 leagues <…> This island I did not find laid down in any chart Capt. Mather in ship Aeolus from the Cape of Good Hope bound to China first discovered it on Sunday the 30th of November 1806 about 3 p.m. in the bearing N.O. by E ½ E. dist. 5 or 6 leagues. <…> November 25 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 4 p.m. made the Bashee Islands bearing west dist. 8 or 9 leagues… November 26 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 10 a.m. passed several fishing boats. November 27 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 4 p.m. made the Great Lemma Islands bearing W.N.W. dist. 5 or 6 leagues same tie sounded in 28 fathoms water fine grey mud… November 28 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 6 p.m. the peak of the Great Ladrone bore east ½ south distance 2 leagues… November 29 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 3 p.m. took a pilot for Macao the peak of the Great Ladrone bearing S.E. by E. 3 miles. <…> @ midnight came too with the small bower anchor in 5 fathoms water. Furled all sail. The compadore went on shore for a pilot @ 9 a.m. the compadore came off with some fresh provisions & hopes of getting a pilot the next day. <…> We were informed of several Ladrone corsairs being out. February 24 1810. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 6 p.m. discharged the pilots Macao bearing W. ½ S. dist. 3 or 4 leagues <…> @ 4 a.m. the Middle Island bore east 2 leagues <…> @ 7 a.m. lost sight of the Frances Henrietta… March 9 1810. Transactions Straits of Gasper. <…> @ 6 p.m. saw the ship Ocean at anchor to the South of us @ 9 got under sail to the best advantage of the wind the ship Ocean in company <…> Latter part ditto. wind & weather & Meridian the Brothers bore N.E. 2 leagues the farthermost point of Sumatra in sight S.W. by W. 7 or 8 leagues. Spoke the ship Ocean & parted with her. March 11 1810. Transactions Java Sea. At anchor. @ 10 a.m. was boarded by the Gov. of Batavia boats. Latter part light airs & calm with cloudy wr. @ Meridian South pt. of Cracatau S.W. by W. ½ W. Center of Middle Islands NE. by E. ½ E. Center of Tamarin Island N.W. ½ W… March 13 1810. Transactions Straits of Sunda. <…> @ 6 p.m. Java head bore S.E. dist. 12 leagues from which I take my departure <…> lost sight of the ship Ocean Capt. McPherson… April 23 1810. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Caught 2 sharks & two albatrosses. Put the ship’s & Captain’s name with the Lat. & Long. of ship around the neck of one A. & let him go. April 24 1810. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Saw two large comets the blare of which lasted nearly 5 minutes. May 11 1810. Transactions South Atlantic. <…> @ 3 p.m. James Tylee fell overboard rounded the ship too & lowered the gig found she was sinking & lowered the jolly boat after her. June 1 1810. Transactions Western Ocean. <…> @ 3 p.m. heard a noise on the main deck went forward & found Henry Lockwood had Mr. Clark the second officer under him on deck the Captain & myself parted them. June 2 1810. Transactions Western Ocean. <…> @ 5 a.m. saw a sail to the N. & E. standing to the S. & W. @ 6 bore off N.W> by N @ 10 a.m. spoke & boarded the brig Sally & Eliza Captn. Bell 21 days from Alexandria bound to Antigua all well. hardcover
1933rif. 2111902160200105North China Water Conservancy Commission 1933. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 317 pages of the main volume additional maps Size: 26cm x 18cm Number of books: 4 North China Water Conservancy Commission paperback
rif. 11281Paris, Imprimerie Goury, avril 1910. 2 volumes in folio. Volume I: 202 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures illustrées conservées, richement illustré de 84 planches de reproductions photographiques à pleine page. Volume II: reliure moderne plein cuir, Atlas composé de 64 planches et cartes, la plupart à double page ou dépliantes, représentant les travaux de la construction du Chemin de Fer. Les photos ont été prises dès 1904 jusqu'à l'inauguration de la ligne en 1910. Ouvrages en très bon état.
rif. 8672Pékin-Peiping, Henri Vetch, 1936-1937-1938 -1939-1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948. 12 forts volumes in-8, enrichis de planches ou illustrations, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures conservées, très bon état. Ensemble de toutes les publications de Monumenta Serica du 1er numéro au numéro 13 (1949), sauf le No 12 de 1948. La publication sera ensuite éditée au Japon à partir de 1950. A full set of 12 volumes of Monumenta Serica, from Number I to Number XIII (except No XII), published in Peking by the french publisher Henri Vetch. A very scarce collection of books, nicely and identically rebound in fill brown leather,
1934rif. 115861Chefoo Yantai Shanghai Singapore: 1934-37. Battleships baseball and the Bund A substantial private photographic record compiled by Yeoman Second Class Charles Edmond Berry during his 1934-37 service aboard USS Parrott DD-218 with the Asiatic Fleet. Combining personal snapshots and commercial studio prints the album captures both naval operations and sailors' pastimes alongside a survey of East Asian ports before the Second Sino-Japanese War. Opening with portraits of Parrott's officers and crew two colour-tinted views of the destroyer at anchor and a playful Afong Studio promotional image featuring the ship the album moves between naval duties and life at leisure. It includes panoramic views of the Asiatic Fleet at Chefoo and Hong Kong American destroyers on station gunnery practice loading shells and baseball matches. Scenes of liberty parties at Chefoo's Beach Cafe including the next morning's breakfasts and sailors enjoying themselves along Shanghai's Bund supply a convivial counterpoint. Other photographs document streets and waterfronts in Shanghai Hong Kong Qingdao Peking and Singapore; excursions to the Great Wall; cremation ceremonies in Bali; temples and city life in Japan; and Pan American Airways flying boats landing and disembarking passengers. There are views of Chinese Republican warships including the cruiser Yixian subsequently sunk by Japanese aircraft in September 1937. Commercial prints are credited to Afong in Chefoo and to Joseffa and Skvirsky in Shanghai. The related ephemera retained in the original sailcloth bag give the album additional personal immediacy: Berry's dog tags and devotional medallion a naval despatch shipboard newsletter voyage programmes mock proceedings before Neptune's court tourist booklets and a folding map of Shanghai. The Parrott stationed in the Far East since 1925 gathered hydrographic data near Saigon in 1935 and resumed neutrality patrols in 1936. Her wartime service included engagements off Borneo and Bali and transatlantic convoy escorts; she was decommissioned following a collision in 1944. Oblong photograph album 380 x 280 x 51 mm. 319 corner-mounted original photographs 102 x 63 to 292 x 240 mm including 6 colour-tinted prints and 4 panoramas 292 x 145 mm many studio prints captioned in the negative or bearing photographers' stamps a few annotated on verso. 52 heavy black card leaves most of the coloured and patterned tissue guards preserved. Contemporary heavily embossed black padded calf post-binder front cover decorated with Chinese dragon junk Great Wall lifebelt and anchor title lettered in gilt nickel-plated binding posts. Accompanied by related ephemera including illustrated tourist pamphlets 2 mock summonses to Neptune's court naval despatch from USS Parrott USS Henderson voyage programme shipboard newsletter dated 23 March 1937 folding map of Shanghai dog tags and Bakelite devotional medallion all preserved in the original canvas sailcloth bag. Binding lightly scuffed occasional creasing to mounting leaves minor damage to a couple of photographs; overall in excellent condition. hardcover
1875rif. 64770Yokohama & Tokyo Japan Hong Kong Canton China Saigon Vietnam: No Compiler ca. 1875-1893. Thick Oblong folio. 14.5 x 10.75 x 2.25 in. 50 pp unpaginated on thick cream-coloured boards each mounted with white silk hinge at gutter margin w/ 41 tipped-in albumen photos sixed from 6 x 8 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. 5 of which are hand-coloured many w/ photographer’s annotated caption w/in the negative at lower fore-edge frequently with image inventory number many w/ manuscript in pencil captions. Beautiful beveled lacquer boards Mother-of-Pearl & bone inset panel on black laccquer on front cover depicting Rickshaw drive pulling Japanese Geisha w/ Mount Fuji in background a.e.g. rebacked w/ maroon-coloured calf minor edgewear minor curving to textblock a couple images w/ minor creasing from mounting 1 w/ very minor tear still an excellent exemplar with the nearly all the photographs retaining bright strong contrast. This superb Asian Souvenir Export photo album filled with large albumen prints offers a vivid representation of people life and the architectural landscape of Victorian-Era Hong Kong Saigon in French Indochina Vietnam Canton Guangzhou China and Meiji-era Japan. Fifteen of the photographs depict scenes and life in and around Hong Kong with several of the photos by famed Chinese photographer Lai Afong 1839-1890 including a view of Happy Valley the Public Gardens the Peak Hill District with 55 houses at the Peak Cemetery and another view of the public gardens with harbour in the background by William Pryor Floyd 1834-c.1900 a prolific British Commercial Photographer. One of the Hong Kong photographs depicts the Mount Austin Hotel which was built above the Victoria Gap opened in 1891 and was named after Colonial Secretary John Gardiner Austin and operated for just a short time converted by 1897 into the Mount Austin Barracks. Another Hong Kong photo depicts the six-story expansion completed in 1893 to the Hong Kong Hotel facing Victoria Harbor on Queen’s Road which included a private ferry launch for guests. The last Hong Kong photo is a striking street scene by Lai Afong. Of particular interest are the several original albumen photos capturing Saigon French Indochina or Cochin China and surrounding areas with images shot by Emile Gsell 1838-1879 noted French military photographer and his successor Otto Wegener 1849-1922 noted Swedish photographer who continued to sell Gsell’s prints as well as Vidal/Salin-Vidal. These images include views of a “Native House Saigon” “Native Street Saigon” French “Military Hospital Ship” docked in Saigon “Monkey Palms Saigon” “French Settlement Saigon” along some railroad tracks and traditional sampans boats along a canal in Cholon Saigon. In our experience this many French Indochina Vietnam photographs included for travel in and around Saigon are quite uncommon. Nine of the original albumen photographs capture such scenes in and around Canton Guangzhou China such as the 500 Mages or interior shot of the 500 Lohan disciples of the Buddha inside the Hualin Temple in the western suburb of Canton the “Execution Yard” in Canton Pagoda near Cantonas well as two very nice images of the “Flower Boats” in Canton possibly by Lai Afong or Emil Rumsfield visually capturing these multi-tiered wooden houseboats or pleasure boats operating as exclusive floating brothels featuring music dining and socializing and essential to the Pearl River’s social economy into the 20th Century. A couple others include prisoners in wooden stocks in Canton China taken from a cracked glass negative and well-dressed Mandarin Chinese official.The remainder of the albumen photographs sprinkled through the album encompass a hand-coloured albumen of Japanese rickshaw pulling kimono-clad Japanese women; the Yokohama Hataba or English/French treaty pier; Yokohama Park with cherry blossoms viewing & rickshaws; the famed view of the staged seppuku scene with nearby kaishakunin Samurai assistant standing with drawn sword for beheading and beautiful Kamakura Temple shot by Felice Beato. Other Beato photos include a fine Palanquin photo of young geisha and porters; and a very nice “Setting Silk-Worm-Eggs to the Paper” with young silkworm women workers carefully extracting the threads. Adolfo Farsari 1841-1898 photos include one of the No. 9 House in Yokohama Japan as well as two shots of the Grand Hotel in Yokohama. See: Terry Bennett History of Photography in China Chinese Photographers 1844-1879; Metadata Database of Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period Nagasaki University Library Collection 2006; Early Photography of Japan Harvard College Library; Bennett Photography in Japan 1853-1912 2006; Old Photos of Japan. A Photo Blog of Japan in the Meiji Laisho and Showa Periods. [No Compiler], hardcover
1670rif. 139790Amsterdam, Jansson van Waesberge et héritiers Weyerstraet, 1670 In-folio, veau brun, dos à nerfs orné, tranches jaspées Reliure de l'époque, 7] ff. dont titre, préface, table ; portrait de Kircher manquant pas toujours présent pour cette édition ; 367 pp. ; [12] pp. table ; 24 planches hors texte dont 2 cartes certaines sur double-page ou dépliantes ; très nombreuses vignettes gravées sur cuivre dans le texte. Cachets au titre d'une institution jésuite et de la bibliothèque Paul Chapuy, ingénieur des mines. Rousseurs, déchirure sans manque p. 1, coins usés, manques aux coiffes et sur un nerf. Première édition française de l’ouvrage fondateur des études orientales. La traduction de François-Savinien Dalquié est augmentée des réponses du père Johann Grüber et d'un dictionnaire chinois- français. L'ouvrage avait d'abord paru en latin en 1667, chez le même libraire hollandais, qui a dédié cette édition française à François-Michel Le Tellier, alors surintendant général des postes et relais de France. Superbe illustration en taille douce comprenant un titre-frontispice, deux cartes et un grand tableau épigraphique dépliants, 22 planches hors texte et 55 figures dans le texte, couvrant l'ensemble du champ étudié par Kircher : idéogrammes et écriture, costumes, histoire naturelle, religion, monuments, etc. Le jésuite Athanase Kircher 1602-1680, esprit d'une curiosité universelle qui s'est intéressé notamment aux langues orientales, à la cryptographie, à l’occultisme et à la Cabale, traite dans cette somme très importante de la géographie, de l'histoire naturelle, des coutumes, des pratiques religieuses, de l'écriture, de l'architecture de l'Empire du Milieu. Attaché à mettre en lumière le rôle des missionnaires chrétiens en Orient, le polygraphe jésuite entreprend de démontrer la présence, assez surprenante, de la foi chrétienne en Chine dès le VIIe siècle en interprétant une inscription nestorienne trouvée en Chine en 1625.
1968rif. 79766ABGenève, Collections Baur, 1968-1972. 4°. Mit vielen hundert teils farbigen Tafeln. OLn.-Bde. mit goldpr. Rückentitel, OU. Vol. I-IV in 4 volumes complet. Tadellose Erhaltung.
1969rif. 163011969 Dessin original à la mine de plomb et à l'encre de Chine sur papier, collage dans la bulle , signé et daté au verso 1969, 35 x 25 cm., encadré.
1798rif. PHO-1092Deuxième reliure de la première édition. Édition originale in-4 sur grand papier, remise en circulation en 1841 avec un nouveau titre avec la mention fictive "nouvelle édition" (quelques exemplaires imprimés en 1798 n'avaient toujours pas trouvé preneur). Une édition octavo en six volumes a également été publiée. in-4 ,y compris l'atlas. Avec 16 (10 dépliantes) dont 15 cartes gravées, 1 planche gravée et table dépliante. - Beau demi-cuir contemp , dos lisse avec titre et tomaison , petits manques au dos , quelques mouillures intermittentes et vieille trace d’humidité (T1), déchirure carte hydrographique sans manque. xii, cxliv, 628, [3] ; xvi, 676, [2] ;[xi], 431, [1];[2],viii, 158pp.
