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Zhu shi jiao zheng Hua Ying si shu ["The Four Books in Chinese and English, annotated and corrected"]
Legge, [James] [translated by].
[Shanghai?]: Shang wu yin shu guan, [ca. early 20th century?].
An English translation by the Scottish missionary James Legge (1815-1897) of the 'Four Books' (Confucian analects, The great learning, The doctrine of the mean, and The works of Mencius), together with the original Chinese. Each page features English footnotes about the translation.
One Western-bound volume, complete. Wear and chips to board extremities. Minor stain to head of lower free endpaper. Unobtrusive ex-ownership stamp to title. Occasional contemporary annotations and ink marks internally. Light crack to spine. [1], 298, 378 p. 20 x 14.5 cm. Text in English and Chinese.