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Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books Catalogue 47 Miscellanea 1. [AKRA LANGUAGE]. BARTH, CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB: Biblias Sâdsi. Dr. Barth’s Bible Stories. Translated into the Akra-Language. Württemberg, Printed for the German & Foreign School-Book-Society at Calw, by J.F. Steinkopf, 1854. € 520 12mo. Pp. vi, 197. With numerous illustrations. Original red cloth, elaborated gilt design on covers. First edition, trans- lated from the German by Johann Zimmermann, a second was published at Stuttgart in 1858. The Akra or the GS lan- guage is spoken by the people inhabiting the Gold-coast of Western Africa. Barth was a German pastor and mission- ary who wrote this series of “Bible Stories” (1845) which was translated into many different languages. 2. AL-MAHDÎ AL-HIFNAWI, MUHAMMAD / MARCEL, JEAN JOSEPHE (Transl.): Contes de Cheykh El-Mohdy, traduit de l’arabe le ma- nuscrit original. Three volumes. Paris, Henri Dupuy, 1 1835. € 1 000 Pp. (ii), 484; (iv), 496; (ii), 508. With 25 engraved plates and many vignettes in the text. Partly with some staining. Contemporary red paperboards, red morocco spines with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed. A collection of fables in the same genre as the Ara- bian Nights translated into French from an Arabic manu- script by Marcel. Jean Josephe Marcel (1776–1854) was a French orientalist and pupil of Silvestre de Sacy. He was commissioned by Napoleon to manage the national print- ing press in Egypt during the French expedition in 1798–9. After his return he was placed in charge of the l’Imprimerie Impériale in Paris. During his stay in Egypt Marcel re- ceived the manuscript of these tales from his friend Al- Mahdi, the secretary general of the Divan of Cairo, who Marcel beleived to be the author. However this has not been proven and some people beleive that Marcel might be the author himself. The collection comprises two parts: I. “Les dix Soirées malheureuses d’Abd-errahman êl-Iskan- derany” (volume one) appeared first in 1829; II. “Séances du Moristan, ou les Révélations de l’Hôpital des Fous du Kaire” (volumes 2 and 3) appeared in 1832–3. Cf Gay 132. 3. [ALEXANDRE, NOËL]: Apologie des dominicains missionnaires de la Chine. Ou réponse au livre du Père Le Tellier jésuite. Intitulé, Défense des nouveaux chrétiens; et à l’éclaircissement du P. Le Gobien de la même Compagnie, sur les hon- neurs que les chinois rendent à Confucius & aux morts. Cologne, chez les héritiers de Corneille-d’Egmond, 1699. € 2 000 2 12mo. Pp. 503, table (7) + appendix (Latin 4. [AMOY IMPRINT] / [STRETTON, HESBA]: text) 196, (6). Contemporary calf, spine with Lek-si-ka ê Tai-chi. (Jessica’s First Prayer). E-mng, Bân five raised bands decorated in gilt and with a red title label, bevelled gilt edges, rubbed, Lâm Sèng Kàu Su Kék, 1913. € 200 hinges weak, tail of spine with some small Small 8vo. (iv), 52. Text printed in romanization Amoy ver- holes. Rare first edition, and an Italian edi- nacular. With four plates and more illustrations in the text. tion was published in the same year. The ap- Original printed wrappers, front cover and few first leaves pendix has a separate title: “Documenta con- with lower corner lightly bent up. This is a translation of troversiam missionariorum apostolicorum Hesba Stretton’s popular children book. imperii sinici de cultu praesertim Confucii philosophi & progenitorum defunctorum 5. ARAI, YOSHIMUNE (Artist) & FLORENZ, KARL spectantia, ac apologiam dominicanorum (Transl.): missionis sinicae ministrorum adversus libros R.R. Patrum Le Tellier & Le Gobien Scènes du théâtre japonais. Hiragami-bon. L’ecole de Societatis Jesu confirmantia”. The Chinese village (Terakoya). Drame historique en un acte. To- Rites Controversy was an argument be- kyo, T. Hasegawa, 1900. € 680 tween Roman Catholic missionaries about Small folio. Pp. (iv), vi, 32, 9. Richly illustrated with col- whether the the religiosity of Confucianism oured woodcuts. Leaves folded in the oriental fashion. and Chinese rituals during the 17th and 18th Original decorated boards, chipped along edges. Inter- centuries. The Dominicians and Augustin- nally fine. First edition. The first part presents the famous ians contrary to the Jesuits refused any adaptation to local play comprising 13 different scenes accompanied with customs and were horrified by the practices of the Jesuits. lovely colour illustrations. The second part is devoted to Noël Alexandre (1639–1724) was a French Dominician and the Japanese theater settings, the stage, musicians and a renowned professor of theology at Sorbonne. Cordier BS their instruments, stagehands, etc. 876–77. De Backer & Sommervogel iii, 1513. Lach & Van Kley (1993:1) p. 386. Löwendahl 228. Lust 854. Walravens (18987), 126 & 127. 6 7. AYSCOUGH, FLORENCE WHEELOCK: A Chinese Mirror, Being Reflections of the Reality be- hind Appearance. London, J. Cape, 1925. € 100 Pp. 464. With one folding map and many illustrations in the text after lovely drawings by Lucille Douglass. Deco- rated paper boards with cloth spine, lettered in gilt. Old bookseller label on front paste down. (Arthur Probsthain). A wonderful copy of the first edition of this charming and personal account of Chinese people and culture. Florence Ayscough (1875–1942) was born in Shanghai where she also lived most of her life. 8. [BAMBOO]. Japanese Bamboo Compliments of D. Nagata. Kobe, Japan. No date (about 1910). € 500 Small oblong album (18 x 26,5 cm). Pp. (43) and 25 collo- type plates protected by tissue guards. Original printed wrappers decorated with bamboo lattice pattern, silk ties, lightly rubbed. An informative and well-illustrated guide to bamboo production in Japan. It deals with differ- ent kinds of bamboo, the utilization, and export. In 1879 Daisuke Nagat started manufacturing bamboo products in Kobe for export to Europe and America. The company developed postitively and were awarded medals in vari- ous overseas exhibitions. Rare. No copies found in OCLC or Copac. 6 6. ART-GOÛT-BEAUTÉ. Feuillets de l’élégance féminine Paris. [A collection of eight volumes.] Paris, d’Albert Godde, Bedin & cie., 1921–33. € 2 400 Five volumes of larger size (24 x 31,5 cm) issued in Novem- ber 1921; March, June, and November 1922; and May 1931. Each issue comprises about 18–21 pages with many strik- ing pochoir illustrations (some inserts) and with crepe printed decorative endpapers. Three volumes of smaller size (18,5 x 27 cm) issued in November 1932; February and March 1933. Each issue comprising about 40 pages, richly illustrated and with 4 or 8 pochoir plates. All as issued in original printed wrappers, the larger ones have pochoir la- bels on front cover. This exclusive Parisian Art Deco maga- zine was published between 1920 and 1933. The magazine included fashion by leading designers of that time and advertisements for clothing manufactures. The beautiful bright pochoir prints were produced through a printmak- ing technique similar to today’s silk screen process. Very good copies of this famous and sophisticated journal pub- lished during the peak of Art Deco. 5 10. BELL, GERTRUDE MARGARET LOWTHIAN: The Desert and the Sown. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1907. € 500 Pp. xvi, 347. With coloured frontispiece, one large folding map and more than 300 photographic illustrations in the text. Endpapers browned and map with some staining. Publisher’s brown cloth, stained. First rare edition. Ger- trude Bell (1868–1926) known as the “Uncrowned Queen of Iraq” because of her major role in creating the modern Middle East. This detailed account was written during her journey through the desert and countryside of Palestine, Jordan and Syria in the winter of 1906. She travelled from Jerusalem via Jericho, Salt, Madaba, Homs, Damascus, Hama, Aleppo, Baalbeck and ended in Alexandretta. Cf Robinson pp. 4–5. 11. BONFILS, ROBERT (Ills.) & HOUVILLE, GÉRARD DE: Modes et Manières d’Aujourd’hui. Neuvième année 1920. Collection Pierre Corrard. Paris, Jules Meynial, Librarire, Juin 1922. € 1 600 4to. Size: 20 x 29 cm. Lvs (4) + twelve pochoir plates by Robert Bonfils + lvs (15). As issued loosely in original card portfolio with colour vignette on upper cover, ties missing, some very light dust at outer margin. Original decorated paste downs and inner matching flaps, some tears at folds. Limited edition of 300, this is no. 230. Modes et Manières d’Aujourd’Hui was a fascinating French Art Deco magazine published by Pierre Corrard between 1912–23. Each issue illustrate the height of French fashion at the time. Beau- tiful and stunning pochoir fashion plates supplemented with poems were presented by the most foremost French artists of the time. This particular issue contains bright and striking pochoir coloured plates by Bonfils, some high- lighted in rich golds and silvers. All plates are in excellent 9. BARBIER, GEORGE (Ills.): condition. Colas 2099. Falbalas et fanfreluches. Almanach des modes pré- sentes, passées & futures. Paris, Meynial, 1923. 12. BRASSEY, LADY ANNA (ANNIE): € 2 400 Tahiti. A series of photographs taken by Colonel Stu- An elegant and sophisticated Art Deco calender with love- art-Wortley. London, Sampson Low, 1882. € 1 050 ly and sparkling pochoir illustrations. Size: 17,5 x 25,6 cm. Square 8vo. Pp. xii, 68. With 31 autotype illustrations, be- Comprises title with colour vignette + twelve pages of text ing beautiful photographs taken by Colonel Stuart-Wort- and twelve pochoir colour plates by George Barbier. As is- ley. Protected by tissue guards. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, sued loosely inserted in original publisher’s wrappers with stamped in gilt, g.e., extremities somewhat rubbed. Old pochoir colour design. “Falbala et Fanfreluches” (Ruffles ownership signature on front endpaper. Occasionally mi- and Frills) was a series of annual pochoir print portfolios nor spotting. Small tear neatly repaired to inner margin of with a romantic theme, often in humourous terms, issued pages 41/2.