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Dictionnaire chinois, francais et latin

Dictionnaire chinois, francais et latin by GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de; BOLLO, Basilio

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Dictionnaire chinois, francais et latin
Author
GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de; BOLLO, Basilio
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1813. GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de. Dictionnaire chinois, français et latin. Publié d'après l'ordre de sa majesté L'Emperuer et Roi Napoléon le Grand par M. de Guignes, résident de France à La Chine, Attaché au Ministère des Relations Extérieures, Correspondant de la Première et de la Troisieme Classe de L'Institut. [8], lvi, 1112, [4] pp. Thick folio, 475 x 310 mm, bound in contemporary French brown-stained pigskin, raised bands, tan morocco spine label stamped in gilt. Paris: l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1813. First Edition. A massive, imposing Chinese dictionary commissioned by Napoleon in 1809, and an important work in the development of Western scholarship on China. Although given no credit in the book, the dictionary is actually a re-edit of work compiled by the Franciscan friar, Basilio de Glemona Brollo (1648-1704) during his thirty years of missionary work in China in the seventeenth-century. His work was considered among the finest of the Missionary lexicons. Chretien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759-1845), listed on the title-page as the sole author, was in fact only responsible for the editing and the French translations of the ideograms. Despite this overstated role in the creation of the dictionary, de Guignes was a prominent sinologist who lived, traveled and worked in China for 17 years, and was the son of another great sinologist, Josef de Guignes. His was the author of an extensive travel guide of China entitled Voyages à Peking, Manille et l'île de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 à 1801. De Guignes served as interpreter for Issac Titsingh, the Dutch ambassador to the court of the Emperor Qianlong in 1794-95. The members of the Titsingh mission were the only welcomed westerners in China at the end of the Qianlong dynasty. One speculation being that they were willing (unlike the British) to perform the "kowtow" at Court in front of the Emperor, according to Chinese custom. Thus, de Guignes was among the last European diplomats to be allowed inside Yuanmingyuan (The Peking Summer Palace) and to observe the incomparable splendour of Qianlong's pleasure gardens and palaces before their destruction by the Lord Elgin's troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. The dictionary is an impressive piece of typography containing over 13,000 woodcut Chinese characters. Interestingly they were cut nearly one hundred years earlier for a separate project involving the Chinese works in the Royal Library. The characters are arranged by the order of their complexity, each with the phonetic pronunciation and the Latin and French translation, including several indexes at the end on tones and numeric characters. Some light marginal waterstains to a few leaves, professionally rebacked with the original spine laid down, still a fine copy. Cordier 1589. Lust 1037. Lowendahl 763. Brunet II, 568.
RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS: A PRESENT TO ONE LATELY RAISED FROM A DANGEROUS DISORDER. CONTAINING SERIOUS REFLECTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND DEVOTIONS, SUITABLE TO THAT OCCASION. THE FOURTH EDITION

RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS: A PRESENT TO ONE LATELY RAISED FROM A DANGEROUS DISORDER. CONTAINING SERIOUS REFLECTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND DEVOTIONS, SUITABLE TO THAT OCCASION. THE FOURTH EDITION by [Towgood, Micaiah]

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RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS: A PRESENT TO ONE LATELY RAISED FROM A DANGEROUS DISORDER. CONTAINING SERIOUS REFLECTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND DEVOTIONS, SUITABLE TO THAT OCCASION. THE FOURTH EDITION
Author
[Towgood, Micaiah]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
London Printed: Boston: Re-Printed by T. and J. Fleet, 1768. 34, [1-publ. advt.], [1 blank] pp [pp. 5-8 loose]. Disbound, untrimmed. Lightly tanned, light edgewear. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. "In the year 1743 a dreadful fire at Crediton deprived no fewer than four hundred and fifty families of their homes. This awful event awakened all the benevolent sympathies of Mr. Towgood, who exerted himself to the utmost to lessen the affliction. His house and his purse were alike open for the relief of the sufferers... About this time he published a valuable tract on the sentiments suitable to a season of recovery from sickness. It was designed as a present to such of his congregation as had lately been raised from dangerous disorders, and contained serious reflections, resolutions, and devout meditations, suitable to persons in these circumstances. It passed through three editions in this country, besides a large impression in America, under the direction of the author's friend and correspondent, Dr. Mayhew, of Boston, in New England." [Turner, Rev. W.: LIVES OF EMINENT UNITARIANS; WITH A NOTICE OF DISSENTING ACADEMIES 395-396. London: Unitarian Association. 1840.] This is the first American printing; it was reissued from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1794. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 11095. NAIP w005685 [10].
In Memoriam: Jason Rhoades, 1965–2006 (Memorial Card)

In Memoriam: Jason Rhoades, 1965–2006 (Memorial Card) by RHOADES, Jason

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In Memoriam: Jason Rhoades, 1965–2006 (Memorial Card)
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RHOADES, Jason
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Harper's Books (United States)
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Preserved in fine condition.
Description
Los Angeles: Hauser & Wirth / David Zwirner, 2006. Preserved in fine condition.. Announcement card (7 x 5 inches) announcing the memorial service for Jason Rhoades held at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Sunday, September 10, 2006). Illustrated with color portrait to recto. Notably, in addition to listing parking options, the service details to verso offer Alex Israel as gallery contact for Hauser & Wirth.
TWO TYPES

TWO TYPES

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TWO TYPES
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Description
N.P.: Clinker Press, The, 2021. single sheet, folded. Clinker Press. 8vo. single sheet, folded. A rather humerous joke of "Two unrelated Italic typefaces entered a ragged bar..." written, designed, and printed in two colors by Andre Chaves at The Clinker Press for the N.W. Letterpress Network. A fine copy. A wood engraving by Chaves is featured on the front.
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MANOSCRITTI, MINIATURE, INCUNABULI, LEGATURE, LIBRI FIGURATI

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MANOSCRITTI, MINIATURE, INCUNABULI, LEGATURE, LIBRI FIGURATI
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1927. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 173, (3) pages followed by 110 plates (some in color). Auction catalogue describing 390 items. Prices realized written throughout in pencil. Chipping to the front hinge, else a near fine copy. Index. Printed on cheaper paper.
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He Ho! Formez le Trio (Petits Livres d'Or) by Woodcock, L.; Wilkin, E. [Illustrator]

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He Ho! Formez le Trio (Petits Livres d'Or)
Author
Woodcock, L.; Wilkin, E. [Illustrator]
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Cocorico, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954 French text version of a Little Golden Book, published by Cocorico. Illustrated paper boards are lightly soiled and rubbed, with some peeling at edges and corners. Binding is good. There is a name in pencil on front pastedown. Pages are clean and unmarked. LO/ia26

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