First edition

Pierre SONNERAT

Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 : Dans Lequel on Traite Des ...

Chez l'auteur & Froulé & Nyon, à Paris 1782, In-8 (14x22cm), xxij, 340pp. et (6) 376pp. et (6) 362pp., 3 volumes reliés.

first edition illustrated with 7 folding boards.
Bindings in half emerald slightly posterior. Smooth back with 4 irons and castors. Title and tomato pieces in red morocco.

1 800 €

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First edition

John GETZ

Hand-book of a collection of chinese porcelains loaned by James A. Garland

The Metropolitan museum of art, New-York 1895, 14,5x22,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

first edition.
Bound in full brown calico, smooth back, r burgundy shagreen, cold nets frame on paper plates, gold medallion from the Metropolitan Museum of New Yok in the center of the first flat, guards and contreplats paper moire and gold effect.
Illustrated book of 33 photographic [...]

450 €

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First edition, Signed book

Pierre DAYE

La Chine est un pays charmant

Editions de France, Paris 1927, 12x19cm, broché.

Edition originale, un des exemplaires du service de presse.
Précieux envoi autographe daté et signé de Pierre Daye à Henri Béraud : "... dans les traces duquel il faut s'efforcer de marcher avec prudence..."
Ouvrage illustré de 5 reproductions.
Un petit manque en [...]

60 €

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Maurice MAGRE

Le livre des lotus entr'ouverts

Fasquelle, Paris 1926, 14x19,5cm, broché.

Published the same year as the first edition, falsely stated 1000th.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned.

20 €

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P. J. MAIRAN

Lettres d'un missionnaire a Pekin, contenant diverses questions sur la Chine, pour servir de ...

Chez Nyon, à Paris 1782, in-8 (12x20cm), xi (1) 368pp. (1), relié.

Second edition and first edition under this title, the book was titled: Letters to Father ... Parennin on China. Illustrated boards and a calf figure.Plein granita. Smooth spine decorated. Part of title in red morocco. Torn off caps. Upper jaw and split open the tail and head. Corners bumped. [...]

450 €

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First edition

K. M. SCHIPPER

Le Fen-Teng rituel taoiste

Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris 1975, 20x28cm, broché.

First edition.
Illustrated with photographs hors texte.
A good copy.

50 €

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First edition

André MAIGNAN

L'achèvement du transindochinois (la ligne Tourane - Nha-Trang)

Editions du Moniteur des travaux publics, Paris 1936, 15x24cm, broché.

Second edition partly original as revised and expanded. Illustrated book 4 photographic plates hors-texte. Back irradiated with a small spot at the top, a trace label head of the first flat, nice condition inside despite few small foxing, ex-dono pen on the title page. Rare. --- Please note that [...]

150 €

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First edition, Signed book

Jean SENAMAUD

Histoire de Confucius

Féret & fils & Chez l'auteur & Lib. ancienne et moderne Prévost, Bordeaux & Paris 1878, 14,5x22cm, relié.

First Edition. "Bradel" binding covered with handmade paper, smooth spine with snags with missing paper, part of title shagreen olive faded, bookplate pasted on the back of the first flat. Autograph signed by the author. Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of Confucius. Guards lightly shaded [...]

150 €

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