‎WIEGER Leon S.J. ( 1856 - 1933 ) :‎
‎Histoire politique de la Chine depuis l'origine, jusqu'en 1929. Troisième édition revue et complétée. Tome I - Tome II (complete in 2 vols).‎

‎"15. Sienhsien (Hokienfu), Imprimerie de Hien-hien, 1929, 2 vols in-8°, 24,5 x 15,3 cm, 1067 pp ; (7)nn pp +pp 1068- 2103 + (1)nn pp (complete in 2 vols.). Index. Uniformly bound in 2 vols, red half leather, raised gilt spines with titles, marbled boards and endpapers . Original printed wrappers preserved. Nice copies. Third and last edition of Wieger's monumental publication on Chinese history and politics. This edition includes '' les Ephémérides de la République Chinoise 1912-1929'' which were not present in the previous edition of 1922. The whole book is printed in two colums ; left the original chinese text ; right the French translation. The author does not give any commentary. His aim was to publish all important Chinese source texts on its history and to provide a thrustworthy translation into French.."‎

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