Shanghai, Bureau des Statistiques, Inspectorat Général des Douanes, 1879, XIX, 317 S., 1 Bl. 4°, green cloth with gilt chinese lettering (about 1900), by the use of parts of the original binding.
Französische Ausgabe des `Sacred Edict` (Sheng Yu). - A set of moral and governmental instructions promulgated by imperial authority for use in local rituals conducted throughout the Qing empire, consisting of sixteen maxims, each seven characters long, to instruct the average citizen in the basic principles of Confucian orthodoxy. - A. Théophile Piry (1851-1918) war der erste Generalpostmeister und Regierungsberater von China. - A fine copy.
