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Eight orihon (accordion format), finely woodblock-printed, of the complete Lotus Sutra [S.: Saddharmapundarikasutra; J.: Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経 ] by LOTUS SUTRA

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Title: Eight orihon (accordion format), finely woodblock-printed, of the complete Lotus Sutra [S.: Saddharmapundarikasutra; J.: Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経 ]
Author: LOTUS SUTRA
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 23-33 characters per column; 6 columns per page. Text-block height: 230 mm. Eight vols. (190 x 8600; 10,000; 9300; 8200; 8900; 8600; 8000; 7000 mm.). Tall narrow 8vo, orig. semi-stiff dark blue boards (minor rubbing), orig. block-printed mica-dusted title labels on upper covers, each entitled “Shinpan Myohorengekyo” [“new [carved] boards for the Myohorengekyo”] & volume number. [Japan]: early to mid-Edo? A very rare — apparently unrecorded — edition of the complete Lotus Sutra, handsomely carved throughout in hiragana, allowing those unskilled in reading kanji to study the text. The vast majority of sutra printed in early Japan were carved in kanji (kanbun style) or a mixture of kanji and hiragana. NIJL lists only two editions of the Lotus Sutra printed entirely in hiragana: a 1682 edition, which is clearly not our edition, and another, undated, edition held by the Sakamoto Ryumon Bunko of Nara. Sadly, their copy is not digitized, and we are unable to compare it with our example. In our copy, only the text titles on the first column of each volume are carved in kanji; the text is carved entirely in hiragana. The Lotus Sutra is the most influential of all sutra and “was highly influential in East Asia, inspiring both a range of devotional practices as well as the creation of new Buddhist schools that had no Indian analogues.”–Buswell & Lopez, eds., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, p. 730. For several Japanese schools of Buddhism, the Lotus Sutra remains their central text and is considered to be the only valid Buddhist sutra for the Degenerate Age. This sutra has been printed on excellent paper, which has been treated with a pronounced sprinkling of mica dust. The printing is uniformly fine throughout, with strong black strokes. A fine set, preserved in a handsome old wooden box. Two volumes with minor worming.

Ivan Turgenev Writes To Influential French Political Figure Juliette Adam, Mentioning Other Notable Russians by IVAN TURGENEV

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Title: Ivan Turgenev Writes To Influential French Political Figure Juliette Adam, Mentioning Other Notable Russians
Author: IVAN TURGENEV
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: IVAN TURGENEV (1818-1883). Turgenev was a Russian author.ALS. 1pg. February 25, no year [c. 1882]. 50 Rue de Douai, Paris. An autograph letter signed Iv. Turgenev. He wrote in French to writer and influential political figure Juliette Adam (1836-1936), accepting a dinner invitation. In translation, it reads I will certainly come to dinner at your place on Wednesday, all the while knowing how much it will be difficult for me to replace the great Skoheleff, who takes after Charles XII and not only because of his face.I will give you at that time 5000 fr. From Vereschaguine, another type of Charles XII; I will tell you how and why.In the meantime a thousand friendly salutations. Iv. Turgenev. Skoheleff was Russian General and military hero Mikhail Skobelev, who had recently been ordered home to Russia. Vereschaguine was Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin. It is in fine condition with minor faults.

YVERNELLE. A Legend of Feudal France by Norris, Frank

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Title: YVERNELLE. A Legend of Feudal France
Author: Norris, Frank
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1892. [with original early photograph] Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1892 [actually late 1891]. Original mauve cloth decorated in both glossy and matte gilt. First Edition of the first book by Frank Norris, a romantic narrative poem of medieval chivalry, written when he was a freshman student at the University of California. (He would not graduate there, but rather in 1894 he transferred to Harvard.) His interest in France (he had spent a year at an art school in Paris) would shift toward the realistic fiction of such authors as Zola and Flaubert, with the result that this would be Norris's only such book: his next, seven years later, would be MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY in 1898, followed by his own well-known realistic novel McTEAGUE in 1899. This is a handsome example of book production -- remarkable for being effected for a college student! This is because his family kicked in the money for Lippincott to go all out -- in fact, this is considered to be one of Lippincott's snazziest productions. It is printed on heavy plate paper, with illustrations provided by ten different artists, and with silver-coated endpapers printed with an all-over pattern of roses in intaglio. This copy is in mauve cloth; other colors available (no precedence) were blue, green, old rose, orange, and white, in addition to leather. Condition is near-fine (very slight rubbing at the extremities, a touch of bubbling of the front cover cloth). YVERNELLE has always been a very scarce book -- partly because it was undoubtedly a small printing, and partly because many unsold copies are said to have perished in a Lippincott fire. Blanck 15024. Provenance: bookplate and discreet ink-stamp of J[ohn]. Philips Cranwell, author of such books as MEN OF MARQUE and SPOILERS OF THE SEA. Loosely inserted is an original photograph of Frank Norris standing, wearing suit and bow tie, from probably about 1890 (about age 20); the photograph is in fine condition, affixed to a paperboard card that has some damage on its reverse side.

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