On the Chinese language from 1730
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CHINA. BAYER, GOTTLIEB SIEGFRIED. Museum Sinicum in quo Sinicae linguae et litteraturae ratio explicatur. I-II. Petropoli (St. Petersburg, ex typographia Academiae Imperatoriae) 1730.
8:o (197x122 mm.). (22, lacks last blank leaf), (1)-145, (1 blank), (3), 4-190 (pp. 57-72 being 8 engraved plates with pagination), (2), 1-372 (pp. 1-88 being 44 engraved plates), (2, last blank) pp. 52 engraved plates (minor foxing, some offsetting to text from plates).
Contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled, red edges. Minor foxing.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 366. First edition of Bayer's detailed study of the Chinese language.
Bayer (1694-1738) was also one of the founders of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
6158
Datum:
2015-06-16