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[BROLLO, Basilio de Gemona] [1648-1704]]; GUIGNES, Chrétien Louis Joseph de [1759-1845] (Editor).
Dictionnaire Chinois, Français Et Latin. [WITH:] Supplément...Publié D'Après L'Ordre De Sa Majesté Le Roi D Prusse Frédéric-Guillaume III Par Jules Klaproth.
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1813-19..
2 Volumes. folio. pp. 3 p.l., lvi, 1112, [2]errata; x, 168. with half-titles. 19th century half calf (extremities worn, front joint cracked, several library stamps, else internally very good), Supplement uncut in modern cloth with original wrs. bound in (several library stamps, else internally very good). First Edition of this monumental work, the first printed dictionary from Chinese into a Western language. It was commissioned in 1809 by Napoleon I, who entrusted the task of preparing the work to French merchant-trader, ambassador and sinologist Chrétien Louis Joseph de Guignes. De Guignes had spent seventeen years from 1784 to 1801 in China where he travelled extensively and served for a time as ambassador to Canton. From 1794-95 he acted as interpreter to Isaac Titsingh, the Dutch ambassador to the court of the Emperor Quianlong in Peking, where they witnessed the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Emperor's reign. Shortly after publication it became known that the dictionary had actually been compiled by the Italian Franciscan friar, Basilio Brollo de Gemona sometime during his years as a missionary to China from 1684 to 1704, and had circulated in manuscript after his death. The Chinese characters that were eventually used in the 1813 dictionary had been engraved on wood under the supervision of French orientalist, Étienne Fourmont, between 1715 and 1742. These 'Buis du Régent', actually fashioned from pear wood, were originally intended to be used for a number of projected publications. "Brollo's innovation was to provide a Chinese character dictionary alphabetically collated by transliteration, with a user-friendly index arranged by radicals and strokes, successfully combining Chinese and European lexicographic traditions. This lexicographical macrostructure was adopted in Morrison's [Chinese-English] dictionary, and most bilingual Chinese dictionaries up to the present day." (Yang Huiling (2014). 'The Making of the First Chinese-English Dictionary: Robert Morrison's Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts', 1815-1823). The dictionary is offered here with the scarce supplement prepared by German orientalist and explorer Heinrich Julius Klaproth. Brunet II 568. Cordier III 1589-90. Graesse III 180. Lust 1037 & 1048.
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BROOKS, James [1810-1873].
A Seven Months' Run, Up, And Down, And Around The World.
New York: D.Appleton& Company, 1872..
12mo. pp. xiv, 375 + [4]ads. frontis. map. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (spine faded, a few stains in list of contents). First Edition. The work is written in the form of letters to the New York Evening Express, and is almost entirely devoted to Japan (Yedo, Yokahama), China (Shanghai, Pekin, Hong Kong, Canton), and India (Calcutta, Bombay). Smith B137.
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BROOMHALL, B.
A Missionary Band: A Record and An Appeal.
London: Morgan And Scott, [1886]..
4to. pp. 3 p.l., xiv, [2], 152, [6]-9. text in double columns. mounted photo frontis. wood-engraved text illus. (some full-page). original black & gilt-stamped cloth, gilt edges (corners frayed). presentation bookplate. First Edition. Including on pp. [2], 54 'An Account of the Farewell Meetings, Voyage to China, and Early Experiences in China of Rev. W.W.Cassels, Messrs. Stanley P. Smith, C.T.Studd, D.E.Hoste, Montagu Beauchamp, Cecil Polhill-Turner, and Arthur T.Polhill-Turner' (The China Inland Mission). There are other small sections on China, Ceylon, India, and Africa. The book concludes with a listing with annotations of books on missions, missionaries, and mission fields, pp. [131]-152, [6]-9.
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BROWN, Arthur Judson.
The Chinese Revolution.
New York: Student Volunteer Movement, [1912]..
12mo. pp. [x], 217. folding coloured map & 24 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). original cloth (rear cover stained). First Edition.
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BURBIDGE, F[rederick] W[illiam] [1847-1905].
The Gardens Of The Sun: Or A Naturalist's Journal On The Mountains And In The Forests And Swamps Of Borneo And The Sulu Archipelago.
London: John Murray, 1880..
8vo. pp. xviii, [1 leaf], 364. with half-title. 8 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous wood-engraved text illus. contemporary half chagrin, gilt back (neat gilt library stamp on front cover & lower spine, scattered foxing, generally light but heavier to outer leaves). First Edition. The noted English botanist, formerly of the Royal Gardens at Kew, was sent by Messrs. Veitch to collect plant specimens in Borneo in 1877. He spent two years in the east, also visting Singapore, Jahore, Kina Balu, Labuan Island, Brunei, and the Sulu Islands, and brought back many remarkable plants, especially pitcher-plants, orchids, and ferns, the most outstanding being the Giant Pitcher Plant of Kina Balu ('Nepenthes Rajah'). The first set of the dried specimens which he brought back numbered nearly a thousand species and was presented by Messrs. Veitch to the Kew herbarium. Burbidge's narrative includes remarks on Chinese settlers, gambling, head-hunting, river-side gardening, coal mining, tropical fruits, wild animals, manners and customs of the natives, the Sultan Moumein, a royal boar-hunt with the Sultan of the Sulus, notes on tropical travel, &c., as well as descriptions of plant-hunting. The two appendices on the birds of the Sulu Islands and Kina Balu Mountain were prepared by Bowdler Sharpe from Burbidge's specimens. Casey Wood p. 272.
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CAMPBELL, Dr. Colin A. [d. 1954] [Toronto Eye Specialist].
Collection of 154 photos from his travels in Japan and China as a medical officer on the 'Empress of Japan' (a Canadian Pacific ocean liner), 1900-02.
vp: 1900-02..
94 4 x 5-5 1/2" mostly gelatin silver prints mounted in a very worn half-leather album (spine wanting), depicting Vancouver & BC (2), the 'Empress of Japan' and her crew, Hong Kong (incl. images of Sikhs), Shanghai, Yokahama, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Canton, a further 3 of the ship and crew (loose & damaged), a further 26 photos (4 of Vancouver, Peking, barber shop, rickshaw, Hong Kong) in another Japanese oblong folio album with patterned cloth covers. This album also contains 22 professional hand-coloured albumen prints with captions, 22 8 x 10.5", of buildings and scenes in Japan (Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo), and 9 5 1/4 x 8" professional hand-coloured albumen prints of China (Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai - 1 damaged).
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CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall & W.B.Mason.
A Handbook For Travellers In Japan Including The Whole Empire From Saghalien To Formosa (Murray's Hand-book).
London: John Murray, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong & Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1907..
12mo. pp. [2]ads, ix, [1], 570, [1] + 32(ads). with half-title. 30 maps & plans (most in colour & many folding or double-page (incl. large map of Japan in rear pocket). some other illus. in text. index. original cloth (spine dull & bit spotted, fraying to bottom edge of rear cover, half-title & part of pocket map verso browned, tear in frontis. map -- no loss). Eighth Edition, Revised and partly rewritten, the first to be issued following the Russo-Japanese War.
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CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall & W.B.Mason.
A Handbook For Travellers In Japan Including The Whole Empire From Yezo To Formosa (Murray's Hand-book).
London: John Murray, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong & Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1903..
12mo. pp. ix, [1], 586, [1] + 68(ads). with half-title. 28 maps & plans (most in colour & many folding or double-page (incl. large map of Japan in rear pocket). some other illus. in text. index. original cloth (spine darkened, joints & extremities frayed, soft creases in front cover, part of pocket map verso browned). Seventh Revised Edition.
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CHARLEVOIX, [Pierre François Xavier] De [1682-1761].
Histoire Du Japon.Nouvelle Édition.Revûe, corrigée, augmentée, & mise dans un nouvel ordre par l'Auteur.
Paris: Chez Nyon Fils, 1754.
6 Volumes. 12mo. 57 engraved maps & plates (29 folding). with half-titles. 19th century marbled bds. (neat rubberstamp on verso of titles & half-titles). Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged of this standard work on Japan. Charlevoix's compilation, based on numerous sources including the work of Engelbert Kaempfer and his own previously published Histoire de l'Établissement, des Progrès et et de la Décadence du Christianisme dans L'Empire du Japon (1715), was first published in 1736 in quarto format with 33 maps and plates. The work contains information on the country's geography and history including details on christian missionary activity there, the manners and customs of the Japanese, natural resources, government and commerce, and natural history. The plates depict Japanese costumes, musical instruments, ships, weapons, and native plants. Included are maps of Japan, Korea, and Japan together with the Chinese coast and Kamchatka, and town plans of Meako (Kyoto), Anzuquiama, Osaka, Nagasaki, and Edo (Tokyo). At the end is an annotated bibliography of books on Japan, pp. [327]-365. Cordier 424.
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CHEN PAN-SHOW.
Excellent Scenery of Heaven Eye (Tien-Mu).Edited by Lee Sung-Hwa.
Shangai: Wen Hwa Fine Arts Press, 1933..
4to. [pp. 64]. bilingual. numerous illus (mostly from photographs). large folding plan. 2 tissue guards with legends. original printed wrs. (soiled, edges tattered, spine stitching partly defective). First Edition.
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CONDER, Josiah [1852-1920].
The Floral Art Of Japan: Being A Second And Revised Edition Of The Flowers Of Japan And The Art Of Floral Arrangement.
Tokyo: Printed By The Shiuyei Sha; Published By Kelly And Walsh Limited, Yokohama, Shangai, Hongkong, And Singapore, 1899..
folio. pp. xi, 142, viii, [1]. with half-title. 72 plates (14 in colour) & 39 text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends slightly frayed, a few small stains on upper cover). Second Edition of the first book in English on ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. British architect Josiah Conder came to Japan as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government and taught at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo. He designed numerous public buildings in Tokyo, including the Rokumeikan, and taught five famous architects who were the first Japanese to build western-style buildings in the country (Tatsuno Kingo, Katayama Tõkuma, Sone Tatsuzò, Satachi Shichijirõ and Shimoda Kikuystõ).
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DAMPIER, William [1651-1715].
Voyages And Discoveries.With an Introduction and Notes by Clennell Wilkinson.
London: Argonaut Press, 1931..
4to. pp. xxxv, 311, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 4 folding maps. title vignette. Uncut & largely unopened in original quarter vellum (spine & covers spotted). Limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Relating the English explorer and buccaneer's visits to and descriptions of Tonkin, Achin, Malacca, and Bencouli, 1688-89, and his two voyages to the coast of the Bay of Campeche, on the Mexican coast, where he was employed in the logwood trade, 1675-76. Also included is his discourse of winds, storms, seasons, tides, and currents in the Torrid Zone. First published in 1699. Cox I p. 44. Hill p. 78. Howgego D5. National Maritime Museum I 98.
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EARL, George Windsor.
The Eastern Seas, Or Voyages And Adventures In The Indian Archipelago, In 1832-33-34, Comprising A Tour Of The Island Of Java - Visits To Borneo, The Malay Peninsula, Siam, &c.; Also An Account Of The Present State Of Singapore, With Observations On The C
London: Wm. H.Allen And Co., 1837..
8vo. pp. xii, 461. 4 folding engraved maps. contemporary half calf (some wear to spine & corners, neat gilt library stamp at foot of spine, maps offset, first map foxed & with dampstaining to upper portion). First Edition. "Because of his linguistic abilities, Earl was employed on various expeditions to the South Pacific. On one of his voyages he was sent by the Dutch government to help in the investigation of the massacre, by natives, of British subjects on Melville Island. He traveled to and wrote extensively about Australia. This lengthy journey started in Western Australia and from there he sailed through the East Indies to Singapore. There are three long chapters on the state of Singapore. The appendix includes a chapter of 'Observations on the unexplored parts of north and north-western Australia." (Hill) Earl also visited and describes Java, Batavia, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo, with remarks on the manners and customs of the aborigines, head-hunting, opium-smoking, slavery, Lanun pirates, gold and diamond mines and other commercial resources, orang-utangs, baboons and other fauna, &c. Cordier, Indosinica, 1462. Ferguson 2255. Hill 411. National Maritime Museum I 458 (mentioning only 3 maps).
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FARRER, Reginald [John] [1880-1920].
The Rainbow Bridge.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1921..
8vo. pp. xi, 383. folding map & 16 plates. modern half calf (slight wear extremities, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. Account by the English plant hunter and rock and alpine gardener of his two-year expedition with Kew-trained plant collector William Purdom to Tibet and the province of Kansu in north-west China in 1914-15. Farrer brought back to England many new plants gathered during his expeditions including the 'Geranium ferreri', named after him by Otto Stapf in 1926. Farrer died in 1920 while on an expedition to Upper Burma in the remote Minshan mountains.
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[FERMANEL DE FAVERY, Luc].
Relation Des Missions Des Évêques François Aux Royaumes De Siam, de la Cochinchine, de Camboye, & du Tonkin.
Paris: Pierre Le Petit, Edme Couterot, Charles Angot, 1674..
8vo. pp. 8 p.l., 367, [1]privilege. woodcut printer's device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary calf, gilt back (corners worn, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked but firm, last leaves with light stain & small wormtrack affecting some letters). First Edition. Scarce account of the early activities of the Missions Étrangères in Siam, Cochin-China, Cambodia and Vietnam. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris was established in 1658-63, its chief founders being Mgr. François Pallu, Bishop of Heliopolis, Vicar Apostolic of Tongking, and Mgr. Pierre Lambert de la Motte, Bishop of Bertyus, Vicar Apostolic of Conchin-China. Cordier, Sinica, 826 (no author attribution). cfBell F44 (Italian translation).
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