Gueulette´s Chinese tales
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GUEULETTE´S CHINESE TALES. GUEULETTE, THOMAS-SIMON. Chinese Tales, or, The Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam. Related by himself, to divert the Sultana, upon the Celebration of her Nuptials. Written in French by M. Gueulett. Translated by the Rev. T. Stackhouse, D.D. Two Volumes inb One. Cooke´s Edition. Embellished with superb engravings. I-II. London, printed for C. Cooke, no year (1781).
12mo. 135 x 83 mm. (2), XI, (1 blank), 13-134,: 135-251§ pp. 3 engraved plates. Woodcut vignettes. Sprinkled contemporary calf with gilt spine with red label. Some foxing. Faint damp on last leaf.
English translation from: Les Aventures merveilleuses du mandarin Fum-Hoam, contes chinois (1723). Thomas-Simon Gueulette (1683-1766, French lawyer, playwright and author of comic fairy tales.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
739098
Datum:
2020-03-08