Printed by lithograph. 39; 38 folding leaves. Two vols. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. Shanghai: Chun ji, 1905.

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—. Hou Mengguji shi ben mo 後蒙古紀事本末 [Later Chronicle of the Mongols]. Printed by lithograph. 39; 54 folding leaves. Two vols. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. Shanghai: Chun ji, 1905.

First edition of this scarce history of the Mongols; it is considered to be one of the best works on the subject of its time. It is written in the jishi benmo lei style of... More

Eight juan in two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [China: 1932].

A scholarly edition, edited by Zengshi Shen (1850-1922), the well-known historian, bibliophile, and calligrapher, and Ertian Zhang (1874-1945), historian at Yenching University.

Sagan Setsen (1604-62?), historian, was the nephew of Altan Khan and military aide to Ligden Khan. The present work, completed about 1662, is an important history of the rise, rule, and downfall of the Mongols. Originally written in Mongolian, it was later translated into Manchurian and Chinese; these earlier translations were inaccurate.

This text remains one of the best early histories of the Mongols and contains... More

160 juan in 28 vols. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. [Wujin]: seals on verso of title “Jie yi huan” & “Piling Tu shi,” 1934.

First complete edition of this “monumental” (Woolf) history of the Mongols. Tu (1856-1921), was a “Chinese historian, specialist in frontier historical geography and Mongolian history. Although [he was] not a formal member of the New Text School, Tu Ji’s scholarship was imbued with the late Qing spirit of statecraft, which stressed the practical application of learning. His early works…were written at a time when China was rethinking its... More