Live auction - Lot 578
[China - Confucius]
Collection des moralistes anciens, dédiée au Roi. Pensées morales de Confucius [- Pensées morales de divers auteurs chinois [...]].
Paris, Didot l'Ainé & De Bure l'Ainé, 1782
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol., 18mo: 175-[3], 167-[1] pp. (occ. spotting).
Contemp. red sheep, blind-st. boards, gilt-orn. flat spine, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. (joints sl. rubbed, corners very lightly bumped).
The two works dedicated to the Orient composed by Pierre-Charles Levesque (1736-1812) of this collection, totalling 13 works in 18 vol. The 1st part focuses on Confucius, the 2nd part on various Chinese authors.
Ref. Brunet III:1883.
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