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Maître Jean Emmanuel PRUNIER

32 - [PROVENANCE] P.J. MAIRAN - Lettres d'un missionnaire à Pékin…
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[PROVENANCE] P.J. MAIRAN - Lettres d'un missionnaire à Pékin contenant diverses questions sur la Chine, pour servir de supplément aux mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages des chinois par les missionnaires de Pékin (Letters from a missionary in Peking containing various questions about China, to serve as a supplement to the memoirs concerning the history, sciences, arts, customs and habits of the Chinese by the missionaries in Peking). Nyon, Paris, 1782 - Second edition, the first under this title, of this interesting collection of correspondence relating to China. An exceptional copy in a perfectly executed full red morocco binding, with the arms of the Countess d'Artois, richly decorated smooth spine, triple gilt fillets framing the boards, gilt edges, blue marbled paper endpapers and borders in the same morocco with gilt roulettes, slight rubbing. An already uncommon work, all the more rare in an armorial binding of great provenance. In-8, xi. ; 368pp. Provenance: Marie-Thérèse of Savoy, Countess of Artois
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About the sale The Mirrors of Time-Sunday 28 June 2026
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
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