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Abaya, Consuela:
- THE VILLANUEVA COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL POTTERY
Aczel, Amir D:
- THE JESUIT & THE SKULL
Addis, J. M:
- UNDERGLAZE RED DISCOVERED IN THE PHILIPPINES
Aitchison, Margaret:
- THE DOCTOR AND THE DRAGON
Akiyama Shingo:
- ANCIENT CHINESE POTTERY
Albrecht, Fritz:
- ERGEBNISSE
Almqvist, Kurt ed:
- THE SAMPANS FROM CANTON
Ambary, Hasan Muarif ed:
- EXCAVATION REPORT AT PASAR IKAN, JAKARTA
ANYANG WENWU JINGHUA
Gems of Anyang's Cultural Relics 安陽文物精華.
Arce, Dr. Jose; drawings by Schiff:
- DE BUENOS AIRES A SHANGHAI
Freer Gallery of Art:
- ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 8
- ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 9
- ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 10
Ashton, Leigh:
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHINESE SCULPTURE
Asia-Pacific Exposition Fukuoka '89:
- ROADS TO KYUSHU COMMUNICATION IN KYUSHU
HELFM1 Helman, Isidor Stanislas Henri: FAITS MEMORABLES DES EMPEREURS DE LA CHINE. Tires des Annales Chinoises. Paris, 1788. Engraved throughout, comprising title, dedication and 24 plates, each with leaf of text, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. 27x20 cm. Half leather with marbled boards. GBP 2,500.00 Contains 24 exquisitely-engraved scenes (each with an accompanying page of text) by Helman showing memorable deeds of the Emperors of China throughout history, taken from the Chinese annals. The plates are printed on one leaf with facing adjacent descriptive texts. The plates were engraved from original Chinese drawings in the cabinet of Bertin (now held in the Bibliotheque Nationale, France) and are said to have been derived from a Chinese work. Text in French. In fine condition. Some foxing, the plates generally clean. The binding probably somewhat later - 19th century. An attractive work. Subjects: Rare Books Item 496 in List 205. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?h/HELFM1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |  |