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Bibliography of manuscripts in the city of Geneva

Bibliography of manuscripts in the city of Geneva
Bibliography of manuscripts in the city of Geneva
Bibliography of manuscripts in the city of Geneva
Bibliography of manuscripts in the city of Geneva

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CHINA. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE CITY OF GENEVA. Catalogue raisonné des Manuscrits conservés dans la Bibliothèque de la Ville & République de Geneve. Geneve (chez Barthelemy Chirol) 1779.

8:o (about 215x143 mm.). (4), 1-479, (2 blank) pp.
Sewn as issued, entirely uncut, original boards, somewhat worn, spine damaged at foot, manuscript spine title.
First endpaper with old annotation.

Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, Supplement, 1675.
This is the first catalogue of the mss. of the city of Geneva, prepared by the city´s librarian, Jean Senebier (1742-1809), a Swiss naturalist.
Several hundred manuscripts described at great length, often with quotations and information about provenance.
In the section "Manuscrit orientaux" (pp. 17-50), Chinese manuscripts are listed on p. 50.

From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

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Auktionsnummer:

692408

Datum:

2019-11-02