Pierre Joseph d'Orléans - Histoire des deux conquérans Tartares qui ont subjugué la Chine - 1688

Rare edition of this important historical account devoted to the conquest of China by the Manchus and the establishment of the Qing dynasty, considered through the figures of two conquering sovereigns whose actions allow understanding the major political upheaval that transforms the Chinese empire in the 17th century -

The narrative is set in a particularly interesting context of the discovery of China by Europeans, at a time when the testimonies of Jesuit missionaries constitute one of the main sources of information on the Far East for European readers -

D’Orléans seeks to recount the events that lead the Manchu populations, coming from regions located in the northeast of China, to cross the Great Wall, to progressively seize Beijing and to impose their domination on an empire hitherto governed by the Ming dynasty -

R. P. Pierre Joseph d'Orléans - History of the two Tartarian conquerors who subjugated China - 1688 - Claude Barbin -
[15] ff., 319 pp. 37 pp., 174 pp. and [124] pages.

Good condition of the binding, work in its full original calf leather, wear from use, a few minor defects on covers and spine, losses on headcaps, worn corners and edges, speckled edges, spine with five raised bands and gilded small devices, title piece in red morocco -

Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette and manuscript ex libris on the title page, pretty headbands, beautiful drop cap, endpapers in decent condition, pleasing copy -

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