PRESENTATION COPY OF NEW TESTAMENT TO EMPRESS-DOWAGER CIXI.

Revised: 8/19/2009

Correction: Date should read “1894” and not “1895”.

PRESENTATION COPY OF NEW TESTAMENT TO EMPRESS-DOWAGER CIXI. Circa 1895. This rare and important edition prepared by the British and Foreign Bible Society and presented to the Dowager Empress of China Tszchi Yoanyu Kangi Chaoyu Chaung Cheng Shokung Chinien Chungshi, for her 60th birthday with inscription. “British + Foreign Bible Society Presented by Committee to The Right Rev.d William Wharton Cassels, D.D., Lord Bishop of Western China, in recognition of valuable service rendered to the Society in China.” Signed by Chairman of Committee and Secretaries. “The Bible House, 146, Queen Victoria St. London, 25th November 1895.” The original described as: “The book is royal quarto size, 10 by 13 by 2, is printed on the finest paper procurable and in the largest of movable metallic type. The border around each page is of gold.” This example having a red keystone border. “The volume given to the Empress was bound in silver boards; that belonging to the society is bound in costly black morocco.”, of which this is an example, “The ornamentation is that of birds and bamboo in relief. The name of the book, ‘Complete New Testament,’ is in large characters of gold, on which is the inscription ‘Classic of Salvation for the World.’ According to the Chinese, the bamboo is an emblem of peace and the birds are messengers; the design on the covers, therefore, conveyed to the Dowager Empress a ‘message of peace’ from her Christian subjects.”-New York Times, June 30, 1896. A copy, owned by the China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement, was auctioned off for HK $850,000 in Hong Kong in August 2004 in conjunction with the “A Lamp to my Feet, A Light to my Path” exhibition, with the proceeds donated to the Medical College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for SARS research. SIZE: 12-1/2″ x 9-3/4″ x 1-3/4″. CONDITION: The cover and binding showing areas of wear on edges of spine and corners. The pages in very fine condition overall with minimal, if any, foxing. The frontice page with inscription intact, clear and legible. 9-97086 (40,000-60,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	3058	$0.00	Revised: 8/19/2009 Correction: Date should read “1894” and not “1895”. PRESENTATION COPY OF NEW TESTAMENT TO EMPRESS-DOWAGER CIXI. Circa 1895. This rare and important edition prepared by the British and Foreign Bible Society and presented to the Dowager Empress of China Tszchi Yoanyu Kangi Chaoyu Chaung Cheng Shokung Chinien Chungshi, for her 60th birthday with inscription. “British + Foreign Bible Society Presented by Committee to The Right Rev.d William Wharton Cassels, D.D., Lord Bishop of Western China, in recognition of valuable service rendered to the Society in China.” Signed by Chairman of Committee and Secretaries. “The Bible House, 146, Queen Victoria St. London, 25th November 1895.” The original described as: “The book is royal quarto size, 10 by 13 by 2, is printed on the finest paper procurable and in the largest of movable metallic type. The border around each page is of gold.” This example having a red keystone border. “The volume given to the Empress was bound in silver boards; that belonging to the society is bound in costly black morocco.”, of which this is an example, “The ornamentation is that of birds and bamboo in relief. The name of the book, ‘Complete New Testament,’ is in large characters of gold, on which is the inscription ‘Classic of Salvation for the World.’ According to the Chinese, the bamboo is an emblem of peace and the birds are messengers; the design on the covers, therefore, conveyed to the Dowager Empress a ‘message of peace’ from her Christian subjects.”-New York Times, June 30, 1896. A copy, owned by the China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement, was auctioned off for HK $850,000 in Hong Kong in August 2004 in conjunction with the “A Lamp to my Feet, A Light to my Path” exhibition, with the proceeds donated to the Medical College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for SARS research. SIZE: 12-1/2″ x 9-3/4″ x 1-3/4″. CONDITION: The cover and binding showing areas of wear on edges of spine and corners. The pages in very fine condition overall with minimal, if any, foxing. The frontice page with inscription intact, clear and legible. 9-97086 (40,000-60,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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