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Auction archive: Lot number 8071

Seventeen nineteenth century reference books about China

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US$0
Price realised:
US$2,250
Auction archive: Lot number 8071

Seventeen nineteenth century reference books about China

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$2,250
Beschreibung:

From the library of John R. Peters, Jr. including: Peters, John R. Jr. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon Government, History, Religions, Literature and Customs of the Chinese, Philadelphia, 1847; Williams, S. Wells The Middle Kingdom, a survey of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants, with a new map of the empire, and illustrations, principally engraved by T. W. Orr New York, 1848 (vol. 1 only); Langdon, William, B. "Ten thousand Chinese things." Descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, now exhibiting at St. George's place, Hyde Park corner; with condensed accounts of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the Celestial empire, London, 1844; Davis, John Francis, The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants, New York, 1843 (vols 1 and 2); Abeel, David Journal of a residence in China, and the neighboring countries, from 1829-1833, New York, 1834; Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August A Sketch of Chinese History: Ancient and Modern: Comprising A Retrospect of the Foreign Intercourse and Trade with China, New York, 1834 (vols. 1 and 2); Callery, J.-M., and Melchior Yvan, History of the Insurrection in China: With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Proclamations of the Insurgents, New York, 1853; Bridgman, Elijah Coleman and S Wells Williams, ed The Chinese Repository (vols 3-7, 9, 11), Canton, 1835-1842; Bridgman, Elijah Coleman, A Chinese chrestomathy in the Canton dialect, Macao, 1841: Langdon, William B. Ten thousand things relating to China and the Chinese : an epitome of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the Celestial Empire: together with a synopsis of the Chinese collection, London, 1842. [17]

Auction archive: Lot number 8071
Auction:
Datum:
17 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

From the library of John R. Peters, Jr. including: Peters, John R. Jr. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon Government, History, Religions, Literature and Customs of the Chinese, Philadelphia, 1847; Williams, S. Wells The Middle Kingdom, a survey of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants, with a new map of the empire, and illustrations, principally engraved by T. W. Orr New York, 1848 (vol. 1 only); Langdon, William, B. "Ten thousand Chinese things." Descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, now exhibiting at St. George's place, Hyde Park corner; with condensed accounts of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the Celestial empire, London, 1844; Davis, John Francis, The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants, New York, 1843 (vols 1 and 2); Abeel, David Journal of a residence in China, and the neighboring countries, from 1829-1833, New York, 1834; Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August A Sketch of Chinese History: Ancient and Modern: Comprising A Retrospect of the Foreign Intercourse and Trade with China, New York, 1834 (vols. 1 and 2); Callery, J.-M., and Melchior Yvan, History of the Insurrection in China: With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Proclamations of the Insurgents, New York, 1853; Bridgman, Elijah Coleman and S Wells Williams, ed The Chinese Repository (vols 3-7, 9, 11), Canton, 1835-1842; Bridgman, Elijah Coleman, A Chinese chrestomathy in the Canton dialect, Macao, 1841: Langdon, William B. Ten thousand things relating to China and the Chinese : an epitome of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the Celestial Empire: together with a synopsis of the Chinese collection, London, 1842. [17]

Auction archive: Lot number 8071
Auction:
Datum:
17 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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