Description de l´isle Formosa en Asie 1705
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CHINA. - FORMOSA. PSALMANAAZAAR, GEORGE (RODES, N. F. B. DE?). Description de l'ile Formosa en Asie. Du gouvernement, des loix, des moeurs & de la religion des habitans: Dressée sur les mémoires du Sieur George Psalmaanaazaar, natif de cette isle,... par le sieur N. F. D. B. R. Amsterdam (imprimé aux dépens d'Estienne Roger, & se vend à Londres chez François & Paul Vaillant) 1705.
Large 12:o (159x97 mm.). (2), III-XLIV, 1-406, (26) pp. Title printed in red and black. 1 folding engraved map ("Carte du Japon"), 1 folding plate ("Alphabet de la langue des Formosans"), 16 engraved plates (of 17, 1 folding [lacks 1 folding]).
Later (early 20th century) brown mottled half calf, somewhat worn, gilt spine in six compartments.
First edition in French of "An historical and geographical description of Formosa"(London 1704). Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 291.
"The work was written by the famous literary impostor to improve his position and contains a full account of what he alleged to be his early life and experience. In a later section the language, the dress, religious beliefs and political constitution of Formosa (Taiwan) were set forth in detail. It also includes a mock alphabet and grammar. If it was not the product of his own imagination, he borrowed from Varenius's "Descriptio regni Japoniae" and other sources." (Löwendahl 290).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
6292
Datum:
2015-06-16