CHINESE TALES. Curious shows of today and yesteryear. Chines - Lot 67

CHINESE TALES. Curious shows of today and yesteryear. Chinese tales from the Ming period (Jingu qiguan). Paris, NRF - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1996. In-12, burgundy imitation leather, smooth spine decorated with gilded fillets, blue headband. Volume complete with rhodoïd and slipcase. 2176 pages. Rhodoïd slightly cracked. Edition and translation from Chinese by Rainier Lanselle, presenting for the first time these "curious spectacles" in their entirety. In the 1640s, on the eve of the fall of the Ming dynasty, Feng Menglong, a publisher in the city of Sushou, had the idea of compiling an anthology of forty tales drawn from various successful collections, some of them very old. This anthology of piquant, edifying and often gallant stories describes the life of society at the time, its customs and superstitions. In good condition.