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Le Chou-King, un des Livres Sacrés des Chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravures
by (Confucianism) Gaubil, Antoine (translator)
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Paris: Tilliard, 1770. First edition. 4 engraved plates redone from the Chinese editions. [iv], cxliv, 474, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Old boards, new period spine and corners. Fine. First edition. 4 engraved plates redone from the Chinese editions. [iv], cxliv, 474, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. This is the first European translation of the Book of Documents or the Book of History, the first tract of the Five Classics on Confucianism to be published anywhere in the West. Also includes at the end: "Notice du livre chinois nommé Y-king, ou livre canonique des changemens, avec des notes" by Claude Visdelou (pp. 399 - 436). Cordier, BS 1376-1377; Lust 727; Walravens, China Illustrata 136
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- Le Chou-King, un des Livres Sacrés des Chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravures
- Author
- (Confucianism) Gaubil, Antoine (translator)
- Format/Binding
- 4 engraved plates redone from the Chinese editions. [iv], cxliv, 474, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- New Old boards, new period spine and corners. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Tilliard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1770
- Keywords
- China | Theology & Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography; Philosophy & Religion;
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