[China] Chineesche Geschiedenis, behelzende de gevallen van den heer Tieh-Chung-U en de jongvrouw Shuey-Ping

Nevens het Kort Begrip van een Chineesch Tooneelspel, eenige Chineesche dichtstukjes, en eene Verzameling van spreekwoorden der Chineezen. Oorspronglyk in de Chineesche Taale beschreeven (...). Amst., Heirs F. Houttuyn, 1767. 1st Dutch ed. XXV,(3),628,(12) p. 4 full-p. plates by R. Muys. Later hleather w. marbled paper boards, gilt title on mor. letterpiece on spine. 8vo.

Library stamp on title-p. Occas. minor foxing. Chinese romance and adventure novel; the work was the first important piece of Chinese imaginative literature to be published in Europe. The book provides insight into everyday life in China, and it also contains an overview of a Chinese play, a treatise on Chinese poetry, translations of some Chinese poems and a number of Chinese proverbs and sayings. Very rare.