TIEFENSEE (Franz).

Wegweiser durch die chinesischen Höflichkeits-Formen. [A guide to Chinese Manners].

First edition. Numerous illustrations in the text. Small folio. Original decorated cloth, a very good copy. Decorated endpapers. 300pp. Bando (Japan), Lagerdruckerei, 1919.

£950.00

An extraordinary book that was printed on a simple lithograph press in the Bando prisoner-of-war camp for Germans evacuated from Tsingtao during the first World War. It is not only important for the curious circumstances surrounding it’s publication but to the best of my knowledge is the only monograph on traditional Chinese forms of politeness. Includes Chinese phrases, invitations, name-cards, letters, as well as an entertaining chapter on games. Rare.

Stock No.
196589