P. Y. Saeki. The Nestorian Documents and Relics in China.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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P. Y. Saeki. The Nestorian Documents and Relics in China.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Text in English and Chinese. Color frontispiece, folding plates and photographic illustrations. pp. 7, 10, 518, 30, 96. Previous owner’s book-plates, few stains. Original boards, shaken, spine worn. Thick 4to.

Tokyo: Toho Bunkwa Gakuin: Academy of Oriental Culture 1937

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

“The book consists of four parts. The translations of…the direct Nestorian documents discovered in China and in Chinese Turkestan since 1905 form Part I, and the description of the Nestorian relics so far found out in China, Mongolia and Manchuria occupies Part II, while the translation of… the indirect Nestorian documents, viz., the quotations from the Chinese historical records are put in Part III… The original Chinese texts for Part I are added… forming Part IV.” (Preface). The Japanese author, Peter Yoshiro Saeki (1871–1965) was a Christian scholar of religion and law. He is known for his studies on the Christian Nestorian sect which at one time existed in China, as well as his theories about the nexus of Nestorianism and Jews in Japan.