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- QINGDAO / TSINGTAO IMPRINT: Chinesische Sommergedichte
- 1,200.00€
- A collection of 20 poems was translated from Chinese to German by Richard Wilhelm. The images included in the book were sourced from various publications and were likely mounted by the author himself or by his circle. The illustrations and their number vary (we could trace between 3 and 6 illustrations) among the different examples of the title.
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- QINGDAO / TSINGTAO IMPRINT: Die Höhere Bildung. Aus dem Chinesischen Übersetzt
- 1,800.00€
- This text, translated from a Chinese source, focuses on personal development, inner peace, understanding one’s life goals, and fostering love for humanity. It emphasizes the importance of organized thoughts, a tidy home, and an orderly environment around our living spaces.
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- QINGDAO / TSINGTAO IMPRINT: Gruß aus der Tsingtauer Kirche
- 2,600.00€
- Two volumes of rare pamphlets, likely given as gifts to the members of Christ's Church in Tsingtao after World War I, reflect a significant period for the German community in China. During uncertain times, especially with thousands of men still imprisoned in Japanese POW camps, the evangelical church served as a vital center for support.
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- ROBINSONADE: Robinsons Reise um die Welt. Ein unterhaltendes u. belehrendes Lesebuch f. d. Jugend. Amerika. [Robinson’s Travel Around the Worls. An Entertaining and Educational Reading Book for Young People. America].
- 950.00€
- An extremely rare illustrated volume of Robinson’s travels through America, from Mississippi, to Canada, Greenland, the Caribbean to South America, was published in German language in 1816.
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slavica
- RUSSIAN REVOLUTION / RUSSIAN ART: 1917. Russland. 1923/ Russland. Kein Märchen, keine Legende, sondern Wirklichkeit
- 420.00€
- [1917. Russia. 1923. / Russia. No Fairytale, No Legend, But a Reality] Large 4°. 31 pp. with illustrations in black and red, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (paper extremely fragile with tiny chips and tears in margins, wrappers detached, sporadic first and last leaved loose, minor age-toning, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Tsingtao: Chinesische Herbstlieder [Chinese Autumn Poems]
- 1,400.00€
- Translation from Chinese of twelve poems and short texts featuring autumn motifs by Richard Wilhelm.
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- Tsingtao: Chinesische Volksmärchen [Chinese Folk Tale]
- 1,200.00€
- A translation of a Chinese folk tale with a decorative title page and mounted illustrations.
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- VETERINARY MEDICINE / SUPERSTITION: Cinguli ad mensuram caelitus allatae imaginis D.P. Dominici in Soriano contra luem animalium ad collum eorum appendendi.
- 420.00€
- A rare four-page pamphlet with two somehow different solutions on fighting the pandemic of rinderpest (Lues animalium) in South Germany, in 1732. 8°, 4 pp. with a wood-cut on the last page (Very Good, uncut edges with light soiling).
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