CHINA.—ABEL-RÉMUSAT, Jean Pierre. Élémens de la grammaire chinoise. Paris, 1822. 8°. Later cloth-backed boards, original printed yellow wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION of this major achievement of Chinese philology in the early nineteenth century, as well as being one of the earliest successful books using moveable Chinese and Roman types. -- MARTIN, Robert Montgomery. China; Political, Commercial, and Social. London, 1847. 2 volumes, 8°. Folding maps and tables. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. – PAUTHIER, Guillaume. Chine modern ou description historique, géographique et littéraire de ce vaste empire, d’après des documents chinois. Paris, 1853. 8°. Plates and folding plan. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. – FORGUES, Emile Daurand. La Chine ouverte. Aventures d’un Fan-Kouei dans le pays de Tsin, par Old Nick. Paris, 1845. 8°. Illustrated by Auguste Borget. Original pictorial gilt cloth. Bookplate of J.R. Abbey. FIRST EDITION. – GRANET, Marcel. Fêtes et chansons anciennes de la chine. Paris, 1929. 8°. Original printed wrappers. Second edition. – LABOULAYE, Édouard de. Images d’une Chine défunte (souvenirs). Paris, (1953). 8°. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the half-title. – DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes. Letters from a Chinese Official, Being an Eastern View of Western Civilization. New York, 1904. 8°. Original lettered boards (spine blown). Later American edition. Together, 7 works in 8 volumes, various sizes, condition varies, but generally good overall.