Confucius sinarum philosophus, sive, Scientia sinensis latine pdf

Confucius sinarum philosophus, sive, Scientia sinensis latine

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Parisiis, ex typographia Andreae Cramoisy”–Colophon’, ‘Latin translation of the first 3 of the 4 books of Si shu’, “Two special t.p.’s for: Tabula chronologica monarchiae sinicae … / auctore Philippo Couplet. Parisiis, 1686″, ‘Woodcut arms of Louis XIV on t.p. His arms supported by 2 angels appear as engraved head-pieces. Engraved port. of Confucius, 2F2v. Map of China bound facing p. 106 (last sequence) engraved by François de Louvemont. Port. and map bear legend: A Paris, Chez Nolin… Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials’, ‘Life of Confucius, p. cxvii-cxxiv’, ‘Signatures: A-2H² ²A-2D² ³A-E² F²(-F2) a-2r² ²a-e² A-E² A-B² F-2D² chi²’, ‘Pagination, Liber I: cxxiv, 39 p., [1] leaf of plates. Liber II: [40]-108 p. Liber III: 21, [1], 159, [1] p. Tabula chronologica: xx, 20, 8, [21]-108 [i.e. 110], [2] p’, ‘Liber 1. Lun yü — Liber 2. Ta hsüeh — Liber 3. Chung yung — Tabula chronologica monarchiae sinicae’, ‘”Tabula genealogica trium familiarum imperialium monarchiae Sinicae” (8 p., signed A-B²) bound between E2 and F1 of Tabula chronologica’, ‘Binding: old calfskin.

Spine tooled in gilt, CONFV / CIVS in 2nd compartment. Edges sprinkled red & brown’, ‘Coat of arms painted in gouache at foot of t.p., perhaps for Kempis (Rietstap). Borders on map hand colored

• Creator/s: Confucius, Intorcetta, Prospero, 1626-1696, Herdtrich, Chrétien, 1625-1684, Rougemont, François de, 1624-1676, Couplet, Philippe, 1623-1692, Louvemont, François de, b. 1648
• Date: 1687
• Book Topics/Themes: Confucius, Ethics, Conduct of life

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