The Analects: Lun Yu
London: The Folio Society, 2008.
First Edition Thus. Hardcover.
First Folio Society Edition. Translated with an introduction by D. C. Lau; Preface by A. C. Grayling.
D. C. Lau’s translation of the Analects was first published by Penguin Books in 1979.
Set in Centaur at The Folio Society. Printed on Abbey Wove paper at Martins the Printers Ltd., Berwick upon Tweed. Bound by Hunter and Foulis, Edinburgh, in printed cloth.
Binding illustration: ‘Three Friends of Winter’ - ink on paper by Zhao Megjian, from the Famous Album Leaves of the Sung Dynasty, 13th century.
The illustrations to this edition originally formed part of a scroll from the Chinese Sung dynasty of the 12th century. The scroll paintings are attributed to Hsiao Chao, whose brushwork and ruled lines demonstrate the meticulous Sun dynasty style. The realistic depictions of people and objects also illustrated Confucian principles. The individual paintings were later cut into leaves to illustrate The Canon of Filial Piety, a major Confucian text with calligraphy by the Sung emperor Kao-tsung (r. 1131-62).
Very Fine. Item #9010437-1/4 x 11”, xii, 248pp, appendices (3), notes, glossary of personal & place names, color frontis. illustration, 8 full-page color illustrations in text.
Very fine in slip-case with a hint of wear to fore-edges.
Price: $50.00