Lot 1266
Du Halde, De la Chine. 4to. 4 Bde.
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Auction schedule:
08-05-2025 / Lot 1242-1376 / session starting 2.30 PM
China. - Du Halde, J. B. Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoise. Avec un avertissement préliminaire, où l'on rend compte des principales améliorations qui ont été faites dans cette nouvelle édition. 4 Bde. Den Haag, H. Scheurleer, 1736. 4to (25,5:20,5 cm). Mit 4 gest. Titelvignetten, 53 (19 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln u. 11 Textkupfern. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung, Gelenke u. Kapitale teilw. berieben, Ecken etwas bestoßen.
4 vols. Second French edition, the first in quarto. With 53 (19 folding) engraved plates and 11 text engravings. The maps were published separately by d'Anville in his 'Nouvel atlas de la Chine' in 1737. - Some browning, slight spotting in places, 20th cent. ownership inscription to title verso of volume 1. Two additional engraved folded maps of China by d'Anville are included in volume 4, both coloured in outline (slightly browned, first one with small marginal and a few short tears to foldings). Contemporary calf, spines gilt, some rubbing to joints and head of spines.
Cordier, BS 49 f.; Streit VII, 3220; Lust 13; de Backer-S. IV, 36; Löwendahl 398. - Zweite französische Ausgabe, die erste in quarto, ein Textnachdruck der Ausgabe Paris 1735, allerdings ohne die dort beigegebenen Karten. Diese sind separat in dem "Nouvel atlas de Chine" von d'Anville 1737 erschienen. - Teilw. etwas gebräunt, gering stockfleckig. Bd. 1 Titel verso mit Besitzvemerk (1953). - Zusätzlich eingebunden in Bd. 4 zwei mehrfach gefaltetete grenzkolorierte Kupferkarten von d'Anville: 1. "Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise, et le Thibet", datiert 1734, und 2. "Carte generale de la Chine dressée sur les cartes particulieres que l'Empereur Cang-Hi..." (beide leicht gebräunt, die 1. mit kl. Randeinriss u. kl. Faltstelleneinrissen im Bild).