The Lore of Cathay

Langue : anglais

Edité par Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1901

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THE LORE OF CATHAY; Or, The Intellect of China. First edition. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1901. 480 pp. with index. Octavo, original golden-yellow ribbed cloth boards with decorative dark green borders and gilt lettering and vignette to front cover; gilt titles and publisher’s device to spine. 12 black-and-white photographic plates. CONDITION: Good. Spine ends frayed with some cloth loss at head and tail and color fading. Boards show scattered small dark spots and light general soiling. Corners lightly bumped. Page edges toned, as expected for a volume of this age. Interior clean with tight binding. No dust jacket (as issued). ASSOCIATION COPY: With the ownership inscription of Genevieve B. Wimsatt (1882–1967), the Washington, D.C. author and scholar of Chinese culture, dated February 1936 and bearing her Georgetown address (1511 28th Street, N.W.). Wimsatt was a prolific writer on Chinese literary and cultural subjects, author of A Libation of Jade (1927), The Lady of the Long Wall (Columbia University Press, 1934), Chinese Shadow Shows (Harvard University Press, 1936), The Bright Concubine, Apricot Cheeks and Almond Eyes (Columbia, 1939), and A Well of Fragrant Waters, among other works. She traveled extensively in China for research and maintained a Chinese-style home in Georgetown. A color clipping from a period article on Chinese New Year gate gods - a subject of personal interest to Wimsatt, who displayed gate gods at her own Washington residence - has been pasted to the front pastedown. Pencil notation “1st Edition” and dealer price markings also present on front endpaper. (see photo) W. A. P. Martin (1827–1916) was an American Presbyterian missionary who spent over sixty years in China, serving as president of Peking University (Tongwen Guan) and later as president of the Imperial University of Peking. This comprehensive work draws on his decades of firsthand experience to survey the literary, philosophical, educational, and religious history of China. Based on his celebrated “Hanlin Papers,” revised and greatly enlarged with new material, the volume offers a remarkably intimate portrait of Chinese intellectual life at the turn of the twentieth century. From the estate of a private collector specializing in Asian art and ceramics.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
The Lore of Cathay
Auteur
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
Éditeur
Fleming H. Revell Company, New York
Année de publication
1901
État de l'article
Satisfaisant
Jaquette
Pas de jaquette
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Édition
Edition originale
Poids de l'article
2,5 livres
Dimensions
6 pouces de largeur par 9 pouces de hauteur par 2 pouces de profondeur

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