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- Lot 453
Prince Roland BONAPARTE - Documents from the Mongolian period of the 13th and 14th centuries. Inscriptions in six languages from the Kiu-koan Gate, near Peking; letters, steles and coins in Uyghur and Phag-pa scripts, the originals or stampings of which exist in France. Paris, engraved and printed for the Author, 1895. Large folio, in sheets, in green percaline publisher's folder, title in gilt letters on the first cover, cords (2 cords missing). [4], ii, 5, [1 bl.] pp. 15 photogravure plates, 3 of them on double page. Plates I to XI are devoted to the Kiu-yong-koan gate; XII & XIII reproduce stamps of inscriptions on stone acquired by Devéria in Peking (ordinances and decrees); XIV reproduces 2 royal letters addressed to Philip the Fair in Mongolian language and in Uyghur script; XV reproduces various coins Following the Orientalist Congress, the various scientists involved (Chavannes, Levi, Radloff and Huth) acknowledged that there were still many unknowns about these inscriptions. G. Schlegel and H. Cordier solicited Prince Roland Bonaparte to publish these prints in the hope that others might contribute to their explanation. Cordier, I, 684. Transfer from the back cover to the dedication, a little soiling. A very fresh copy.
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