Yu the Great and Confucius, Chinese history... Soissons, Pontius Caesar, 1769.
In-4 de XVIII, 701, (5) pp., (2) ff., 8 folding paintings, contemporary marbled calf binding, spine with ornate nerves, red edges.
Original and unique edition.
Eight large folding paintings out of text.
Excellent description of China, composed in romanized form for the education of the Grand Duke of Russia, future Paul I.
Doctor to the Duke of Orleans, Nicolas-Gabriel Clerc went to Russia by order of Louis XV and stayed there from 1759 to 1777, gathering a great deal of information on the trade, customs, population and administration of this country.
The China of Confucius and Emperor Yu the Great (2298-2198 B.C.), famous for its reforms, serves here as a framework for him to set out his own moral and political doctrines. The tables provide statistical data on the different provinces of the Chinese Empire.
Good copy. Restored headdresses and bits, tear without missing a board.
INED, 2727; Cordier, 604
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