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Social Life of the Chinese: with some account of their religious, governmental, educational, and business customs and opinions. With special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau.
by DOOLITTLE, Justus
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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1876 CHINA Social Life of Chinese Doolittle Fuzhou Fujian Fuhchau Opium 2in1
A scarce 19th-century printing of Justus Doolittle's 'Social Life of the Chinese.' Fourteen years a missionary, author Justus Doolittle presents an exhaustive exploration of Chinese culture and customs. Contents include his missionary endeavors, agricultural and domestic matters, marriage, parenting, local superstition, Chinese traditional medicine, opium dens, wine clubs, death and burial rites, ancestral worship, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, government structure and practices, literature, calligraphy, festivals, business practices and much more!
Item number: #40267
Price: $499
DOOLITTLE, Justus
Social Life of the Chinese: with some account of their religious, governmental, educational, and business customs and opinions. With special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1876.
Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes in 1
o Vol. I – xxxiv, [17]-459, [1]
o Vol. II – [2], [13]-490, [2]
o 150 illustrations
· References: Scott, For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors, p.11; Baumler, The Chinese and Opium; Hollmann, Land of the Five Flavors
· Provenance:
o Bookplate/Handwritten – M. W. Greig, 1878
o Bookplate – Chêng Tê-k'un Library
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative green cloth
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in (20.5cm x 14.5cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40267
- Title
- Social Life of the Chinese: with some account of their religious, governmental, educational, and business customs and opinions. With special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau.
- Author
- DOOLITTLE, Justus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1876 CHINA Social Life of Chinese Doolittle Fuzhou Fujian Fuhchau Opium 2in1, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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