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237 - China An invitation from Konfuz to the cosmopolitan Syrach t…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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China An invitation from Konfuz to the cosmopolitan Syrach to attend his lectures on Europe. Still worth reading even after the peace treaty. Peking (i.e. Thal-Ehrenbreitstein, Gehra), 1795. 127 pp., 1 leaf, small 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm). Flexible contemporary binding (dusty and stained, rubbed, bumped; spine only partially preserved). First edition of this rare, anonymously published satire, presumably written by Scipione Piattoli (1749–1809). – VD 18 10158189. – Weller, Druckorte I, 160. - Title page with handwritten owner’s note, browned and stained due to the paper; pages partly untrimmed and slightly altered. First edition of this rare, anonymously published satire, presumably written by Scipione Piattoli (1749–1809). - Contemporary softcover (dusty and stained, rubbed, bumped, spine fragmentary). - Title page with handwritten owner’s note, browned and stained due to the paper, pages partly untrimmed.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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