69 - DORÉ (HENRI)

DORÉ (HENRI) Research on Superstitions in China. Shanghai, Catholic Mission Press, at the T'ou-sé-wé Orphanage, Zi-ka-wei, 1911–1929. 14 vols., in-8, paperback, with cardboard covers bound in the Chinese style with colored threads. First edition, from the “Variétés sinologiques” collection, printed in China and lavishly illustrated in black-and-white, with color plates. Four additional volumes were published through 1938. Part I: Superstitious Practices. Volumes 1–5. Part II: The Chinese Pantheon. Volumes VI through XII. Part III: The Popularization of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in China, Volume XIII. - The Doctrine of Confucianism, Volume XIV.