Resemblance of Chinese script to hieroglyphes
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3000 SEK
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Beskrivning
(NEEDHAM, JOHN TURBERVILLE). De inscriptione quadam Aegyptica Taurini inventa et characteribus aegyptiis olim et sinis communibus exarata idolo... Romae (ex typographia Palladis, typis Nicolai, et Marci Palearini) 1761.
8:o (about 180x115 mm.). (5), 6-69, (3, last blank) pp. 1 folding engraved plate (a comparative table of Egyptian and Chinese script), title with woodcut vignette.
Contemporary brown calf, somewhat worn, rebacked gilt spine, red edges, new endpapers and inner doublures.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1645.
Needham´s theory of the alleged resemblance of Chinese script to Egyptian hieroglyphes produced a great sensation among European antiquaries. His theory was refuted by Johan Joachim Winckelmann and Joseph de Guignes, among others.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6042
Datum:
2017-11-21