拍品 3
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[Amiot, Joseph Marie, and others]

估價
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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描述

  • Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, des chinois, par les missionnaires de Pekin. Paris: chez Nyon, 1776-1791
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FIRST EDITION, 15 volumes, 4to (254 x 190mm.), 160 engraved plates, 33 letterpress tables, some folding, contemporary mottled calf, spines in six compartments with raised bands gilt, morocco lettering pieces, red speckled edges

出版

Cordier, Sinica 54–56; Löwendahl [serials] h;  Lust 96; Western Travellers in China 44

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

拍品資料及來源

A FINE SET of this encyclopaedic compendium of missionaries’ reports “considered at the time the chief source of information in Europe regarding China and its people… Among the monographs, the most interesting are on language and literature, warfare and philosophy, including a complete life of Confucius. In addition, there are studies on natural history, science, architecture and agriculture, translations of Chinese poetry and biographical sketches of famous Chinese. This is undoubtedly the best work that the Jesuits have published on China” (Western Travellers in China).
Two further volumes were published much later, in 1814, under a different imprint.