ABRÉGÉ HISTORIQUE DES PRINCIPAUX TRAITS DE LA VIE DE CONFUCIUS, CÉLÈBRE PHILOSOPHE CHINOIS. ORNÉ DE 24 ESTAMPES IN 4TO. GRAVÉES PAR HELMAN, D'APRÉS DES DESSINS ORIGINAUX DE LA CHINE ENVOYÉS À PARIS PAR M. AMIOT, MISSIONAIRE À PÉKIN, ET TIRÉS DU CABINET DE MR. BERTIN, MTRE ET ANCIEN SRE D'ETAT. [bound with] FAITS MÉMORABLES DES EMPEREURS DE LA CHINE, TIRÉS DES ANNALES CHINOISES, DÉDIÉS À MADAME.1786, 1788.Paris, chez l’Auteur, two works bound in one volume, [iv, engraved title & dedication], [48, engraved captions], 24 plates; [ii, engraved title & dedication], [44 of 48 engraved captions], 24 plates, bound in 19th Century quarter morocco over red glazed boards, text in French, 28 x 20.5cm.一七八六、一七八八 《孔子畫傳》、《帝鑒圖說》綁定一冊 The two lavishly illustrated works bound within a single volume are 18th Century versions based on original Chinese works: the first, depictions from the life of Confucius, based on Chinese drawings brought to Paris from the Jesuit missionary Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718 – 1793). The second suite of engravings the title, these engravings were copied from Chinese drawings in the collection of Henri Bertin, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, themselves derived from a later Chinese edition of the Dijian tushuo (1573).*For a full condition report, please contact the department.**请您联系我们索取品项报告。*