RÉMUSAT (Abel). - Lot 100

RÉMUSAT (Abel). Foe Koue Ki ou relation des royaumes bouddhiques: voyage dans la tartarie, dans l'Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, exécuté, à la fin du IVe siècle, par Chy Fa Hian. Paris: imprimerie royale, 1836. - Large in-4, brown half-chagrin with corners, gilt fillets, spine ribbed, untrimmed (F.P. Hathaway, Boston). First edition of the first Western translation of the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian's account of the journey of several Buddhist monks to India from 399 to 414, which took them through Tartary, Little Tibet, Afghanistan, etc. The translation is accompanied by numerous notes. The translation is accompanied by numerous notes. It is by Abel Rémusat (1788-1832) and was published posthumously, revised and completed by Julius Klaproth (1783-1835) and Ernest Augustin Xavier Clerc de Landresse (1800-1863). The edition is illustrated with four folding maps and one plate. Beautiful impression from the royal printing house on laid paper. Copy in a late 19th or early 20th century American binding, signed by F. P. Hathaway of Boston. Rubbing to nerves, hinges, corners and edges.