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Estimate €300 - €500
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DORÉ (HENRI) Research into superstitions in China. Shanghai, Catholic Mission Press, at the T’ou-sé-wé Orphanage, Zi-ka-wei, 1911–1929. 14 vols., in-8, paperback, with cardboard endpapers, bound in the Chinese style with coloured threads. First edition, from the ‘Variétés sinologiques’ collection, printed in China and lavishly illustrated in black and white with colour plates as inserts. Four further volumes were published up to 1938. Part I: Superstitious Practices. Volumes 1 to 5. Part II: The Chinese Pantheon. Volumes VI to XII. Part III: The Popularisation of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in China, Volume XIII. – The Doctrine of Confucianism, Volume XIV.
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About the sale Charity sale in aid of the Petits Frères Des Pauvres charity
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Auction time 10/25/2026 at 10:00 AM
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Boisgirard Antonini
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