1893 Chinese Stories CHINA Folklore Literature Alchemy Buddhism Confucius

1893 Chinese Stories CHINA Folklore Literature Alchemy Buddhism Confucius 

 

“Years of careful training will make a tree whose shoots should spring heavenwards bend the points of its branches towards the earth.”

– Robert K Douglas, Chinese Stories

 

A rare first edition printing, of Robert Douglas’s adapted and translated ‘Chinese Stories’. These folktales have been interpreted from their original, aural traditions. They describe the social customs of ancient China, the traditions of Buddhism, Chinese music and ballads, forbidden love and arranged marriage, Confucius philosophy, and sorcery and alchemy.

 

This fine printing is filled with charming illustrations in the style of 17^th – 19^th-century woodblock figures.

 

Item number: #1498

Price: $299

 

DOUGLAS, Sir Robert K.

 

Chinese stories

 

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. First edition

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [xxxvii], 348, [32]
  • Illustrated with 8 full-page engravings and 47 in-text illustrations
• Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
• Language: English
• Size: ~8.5in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)

 

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