Grosier´s Histoire générale de la Chine 1777-83
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CHINA. (12). MAILLA, JOSEPH-MARIE-ANNE DE MOYRIAC DE - GROSIER, (JEAN-BAPTISTE-GABRIEL-ALEXANDRE)- DESHAUTESRAYES, (MICHEL-ANGE-ANDRÉ) LE ROUX (the last two editors). Histoire générale de la Chine, ou annales de cet empire, traduites du Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou. I-XII. Paris (chez Ph.-D. Pierres - Clousier) 1777-1783.
4:o (255x202 mm.). 4 folding printed tables (of 5, lacking 1, some foxing), 12 engraved plates (of 16, lacks 4 [including one folding], some foxing, some discolouration of the text from plates, lacks the 3 engraved folding maps). See defects below.
New brown half calf, gilt spines with red labels, vol. II cracked in upper joint and partly loose from the binding. Some foxing and marginal staining, for other defects see below. Bookplate of Robert & Maria Travis. 12 volumes.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 599. Joseph-Marie-Anne de Moyirac de Mailla (1669-1748) drew extensively upon chinese sources including Zhu Xi's "Tongjian Gangmu" the famous "Chinese Annals" in his "Histoire générale". The history of the Ming and Qing period, supplemented from more recent sources, is contained in vols. X and XI. The manuscript of this compilation came to France in 1737. With the abrogation of the Society of Jesus (Dominus ac Redemptor, 1773), it came into the hands of Grosier who had it published. Vol. XII contains an alphabetical index to the work and three supplements: "Notice historique de la Cochinchine" amd "Mémoire historique sur le Tong-King" by Antoine Gaubil, and "Notice historiques sur les premières entreprises des Russes contre les Chinois, jusqu'à l'établissement de Nertchinsk". A Supplement (by Grosier) was published in 1784 as vol. XIII of the work, not present here.
Defects of text: Vol. I. Lacks half-title and last blank leaf. Title and first 2 unpaginated leaves partly defective in lower part with loss of text, title discoloured.
Vol. IV. Lacks last blank leaf. Vol. VIII. Lacks last blank leaf. Vol IX. Lacks first unpaginated leaf after title and last blank leaf. Vol. XII. Lacks 20 unpaginated leaves after the title.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Auktionsnummer:
6258
Datum:
2015-06-16