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LOT 371
SOLD €60,00

[China] De verlichte Bramin of de huishouding van het menschelyk leven (...) Benevens een Verhael wegens de Ontdekking van het zelve

in een Brief uit China. Tr. from English by P.A. Verwer. Amst., A. van der Kroe, 1770, 208 p., engr. vignettes, leather cont. binding, octavo.

Collection of proverbs, from Chinese and Tibetan lore. Contains a [fictitious] letter from the emperor of China to "the great Lama" in which he begs humbly to "read and research the Tibetan manuscripts". Quite a contrast to the current political situation...

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