Apr 15, 2004 - Sale 2002

Sale 2002 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(CONFUCIUS.) Confucius Sinarum philosophus; sive, Scientia Sinensis Latin exposita. Latin translation by Prospero Intercetta, S.J.; edited by Philippe Couplet, S.J. Engraved portrait of Confucius; engraved map of China; 2 full-page diagrams of I Ching characters. cxxiv; 108, 21, [3], 159, [1]; xx, 20, 8, [21]-108, [1] pages. Folio, contemporary Dutch vellum with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, front joint cracked; some light dampstaining in lower outer corners. Paris: Daniel Horthemels, 1687

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first european edition