Lot n° 15
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MATIGNON (J.J.). - Lot 15
MATIGNON (J.J.).
Superstition, crime and misery in China.
Paris, Maloine, 1905, in-8 bound semi-marocco, cover preserved. XXXVII+450 pages illustrated with 80 figures.
Suicide - The self-cremation of Buddhist priests - Infanticide and abortion - Two words on pederasty - The beggar of Peking - The eunuchs of the imperial palace of Peking - About a Chinese woman's foot - The dead who rule - The Emperor - The street of Peking - The religious ideas of the Chinese - Hysteria and "Boxers" - About the influence that a doctor can have in China.
It is attached the booklet of presentation of the work of HUBRECHT. Grandeur and decadence of Beijing. 1928, 28 illustrated pages.
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