迁 司马
Le Traité sur les sacrifices Fong et Chan de Se Ma T'sien[The Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices by Sima Qian]
Typographie du Pé-T'Ang|Beijing 1890|16 x 24.3 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation by Edouard Chavannes of an extract from the Journal of the Peking oriental society.
Contemporary Bradel-style binding in full grey percaline, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleur-de-lis, double gilt fillet at the foot, cherry shagreen lettering-piece with surface scuffing, partially toned endpapers.
This was the translator’s first scholarly publication devoted to this treatise, which forms the twenty-eighth chapter of the celebrated Shiji (Historical Records) by the first true Chinese historian, Sima Qian (145–86 BCE).
These records constitute the first systematic synthesis of Chinese history and served as the model for all subsequent dynastic...
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