{"product_id":"from-the-ambassadors-library","title":"From the Ambassador's library","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eLiang Qichao.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[Li Hongzhang or the Political History of China in the Last Forty Years] Lihunzhan’ ili Politicheskaya istoriya Kitaya za posledniye 40 let.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eTranslated by A. N. Voznesenskiy and Zhang Zintun. With a foreword by Zhang Zintun.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSaint-Petersburg: V. Berezovskiy, 1905. XV, [6], 346, [2] pages; 1 portrait. 8vo [215x160mm].\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn contemporary full leather binding; gold-stamped; silk endpapers; gold-stamped lining; gold edging.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe original chromolithographed cover bound in.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSpine chipped, creased; corners lightly damaged. Pages lightly yellowed, dusted. Overall in good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eBook-plate of the Benckendorff's library on the front endpaper. Label of the London library of Boris Berezovsky on the inner front endpaper; owner’s marginalia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiang Qichao\u003c\/strong\u003e (1873-1929) was a Chinese politician, journalist, and intellectual. His political essays as well as his translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese were highly sought-after by the scholars and activists at the time. Li Hongzhang or the Political History of China in the Last Forty Years is a notable analysis of the Qing Empire’s decline with a specific focus on the actions of Marquess Suyi Li Hongzhang. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe book was translated into Russian by sinologist \u003cstrong\u003eArsenii Voznesenskii\u003c\/strong\u003e and Chinese scholar \u003cstrong\u003eZhang Zintun\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn his foreword to the translation Zhang expressed hope that access to Liang Qichao’s book would help Russian readers gain a more realistic understanding of modern Chinese politics and especially a deeper insight into the character of Li Hongzhang, who, much to Zhang’s surprise, was highly respected in Russia at the time, and was even referred to as Bismarck of the Far East. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eBeing a known proponent of Sino-Russian friendship, Zhang talks fondly of the forming relationship between the two countries and mentions the Great Siberian Railway (which was being built at the time) as \u003cem\u003eзалог мирного общения народов на Великом океане [a guarantee of peaceful communication between peoples on the Great ocean]\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eProvenance: The copy was presented to \u003cstrong\u003eCount Aleksandr Konstantinovich Benckendorff\u003c\/strong\u003e (1874-1920) Russian diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom. Subsequently it resided in the London library of \u003cstrong\u003eBoris Abramovich Berezovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e (1946-2013). The book carries book-plates of both libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eOCLC locates two copies of this edition: in New York Public Library and in University of Hawaii at Manoa.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblionne Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52351771279672,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/6511\/0072\/files\/26L-03_9_Large_810e4590-75d6-4a43-b610-977c79fdb35e.jpg?v=1778579426","url":"https:\/\/biblionnerarebooks.com\/products\/from-the-ambassadors-library","provider":"Biblionne Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}