BODDE (Derk), Annual customs an festivals in Peking, as recorded in the Yen-ching Sui-shih-chi,
Peiping, Vetch 1936, 8vo, XXII-147 pp., 2 color frontispieces, 5 plates including 1 folding in colors, 28 drownings in the text, endpapers with plan of Peking, red cloth binding, original dustjacket.
Translation from the chinese of the Yen-ching Sui-shih-chi, which literally means "Record of a year's time at Yen Ching", Yen Ching being an ancient name for Peking. It is a record, day by day, beginning with chinese new year's day and taking us throughout the year, of what used to take place in Peking: its festivals, temple pilgrimages, fairs, customs, and the clothing, foods, and animal of the season. Charming illustrations.
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HART (Henri H.), Seven hundred Chinese proverbs, slnd (étiquette de libraire: "Shanghai, the Home of Books"), in-8, XXVIII-83 pp., illustrations dans les marges, reliure toile de l'éditeur.
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