THE CHINESE CLASSICS (5 VOLS. IN 4)

£1,000.00

Author: LEGGE JAMES
Place, Publisher, Date: OXFORD, THE CLARENDON PRESS, (1939)
Binding: HALF LEATHER
Condition: VERY GOOD
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Description

WITH A TRANSLATION, CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES, PROLEGOMENA, AND COPIOUS INDEXES. THE SECOND REVISED EDITION OF 1895, REPRINTED IN CHINA IN 1939. VOLUMES 1 TO 5 BOUND IN FOUR BOOKS. QUARTO, NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH, RAISED BANDS, GILT, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. V1, 505pp, V2, 587pp, V3, 735 pp, V4, 785 pp, V5, 933pp. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND SOME CHINESE. WITH 3 FOLDING MAPS. A VERY NICE SET, SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE FRONT HINGE IN TWO VOLUMES, CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A HANDSOME SET. VERY SCARCE.