[Van Gulik] T'Ang-Yin-Pi-Shih

"Parallel cases from under the pear-tree", a 13th century manual of jurisprudence and detection, translated from the original Chinese with an introduction and notes by R.H. van Gulik. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1956. 200 pp, red cloth, 24.5 x 16.5 cm.

In good condition, neat binding, spine trifle discoloured, title inlaid with gold. With library blindstamp, as well as stamp conc. withdrawal from collection. Written in the 13th century, this copy was fully translated for the first time by Van Gulik. On frontispiece: Sinica Leidensia edidit institutum sinologicum Ludguno-Batavum Vol. X.