[SINOLOGY] GILES, Lionel (1875-1958), translator. The
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GILES, Lionel (1875-1958), translator. The Analects of Confucius. Shanghai: The Limited Editions Club by the Commercial Press, 1933.
280 x 175 mm. With translated text and multiple intaglio prints. Folded leaves, sewn silk brocade encased in hardwood covered box.
LIMITED EDITION number 785 of 1500 copies.
1933年翟林奈編譯 《論語》 綫裝一冊
翟林奈出身於著名的翟理斯家族。從十九世紀中葉直到二戰前夕,一門兩代俱是英倫駐華外交官兼漢學家。老翟理斯修正了汉语罗马化体系,使之成為广为人知的的威妥玛拼音——也就是20世纪英語音译中文的標準系统。
翟氏父子一生翻譯了許多中國古代思想著作,有老莊,有孔孟,也有《孫子兵法》和《列仙傳》一類洋人眼中的東方奇幻。上世紀三十年代出版的這套論語,是商務印書館面向大英善本俱樂部發行的定制版,通體效仿中式裝幀:紅木書盒上篆有朱漆大字,標題填石綠,玫瑰紫錦面書衣配杏仁黃書簽。打開來,鬆軟的宣紙上印的卻是地道英文,而且橫版右行,遵照近世的閲讀習慣,十分趣致。
Property from the Collection of Michael and Kay Melet
GILES, Lionel (1875-1958), translator. The Analects of Confucius. Shanghai: The Limited Editions Club by the Commercial Press, 1933.
280 x 175 mm. With translated text and multiple intaglio prints. Folded leaves, sewn silk brocade encased in hardwood covered box.
LIMITED EDITION number 785 of 1500 copies.
1933年翟林奈編譯 《論語》 綫裝一冊
翟林奈出身於著名的翟理斯家族。從十九世紀中葉直到二戰前夕,一門兩代俱是英倫駐華外交官兼漢學家。老翟理斯修正了汉语罗马化体系,使之成為广为人知的的威妥玛拼音——也就是20世纪英語音译中文的標準系统。
翟氏父子一生翻譯了許多中國古代思想著作,有老莊,有孔孟,也有《孫子兵法》和《列仙傳》一類洋人眼中的東方奇幻。上世紀三十年代出版的這套論語,是商務印書館面向大英善本俱樂部發行的定制版,通體效仿中式裝幀:紅木書盒上篆有朱漆大字,標題填石綠,玫瑰紫錦面書衣配杏仁黃書簽。打開來,鬆軟的宣紙上印的卻是地道英文,而且橫版右行,遵照近世的閲讀習慣,十分趣致。
Property from the Collection of Michael and Kay Melet
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