CONFUCIUS. Confucius Sinarum philosophus, sive scientia sinensis latine exposita, edited by Philippe Couplet and others. Paris: 1687. 4 parts in one volume, 2° (320 x 215mm). Pagination: cxiv, cxvii-cxxiv, 108, 21, [3], 159, [1], xx, 108 [i.e., 110], 8pp. Folding engraved map, engraved portrait of Confucius. (Title and preliminaries slightly soiled and stained, K-Cc waterstained, occasional browning.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked preserving old spine, covers scuffed and wrinkled). Provenance: early marginalia in ink and later in pencil -- Neander Library, Rochester Theological Seminary (label). FIRST EUROPEAN EDITION OF CONFUCIUS with a dedication to Louis XIV, preceded only by fragmentary translations. In addition to the first three books of Confucius, the work includes his biography, valuable essays on Chinese history and culture, and much factual information. This issue is without the 1p. 'Extrait du Privilege du Roy' but with the 8p. 'Tabula Genealogica' not called for by Cordier. Brunet II, 2221; Cordier Sinica II, 1392; Lust 724. PALAFOX Y MENDOZA, Juan de (1600-1659). Historia de la Conquista de la China por el Tartaro. Paris: Antonio Bertier, 1670. 8° (159 x 102mm). One engraved plate incorporating a map, usually bound in as frontispiece. Extra-illustrated with engraved frontispiece, one plate, and map of Asia, all folding. (Folding plate with corner stain, a few stains to text leaves, N1-3 with marginal repairs, a little soiling.) Contemporary Spanish calf, spine gilt, red edges (slightly bowed, corners bumped). Provenance: FMD (stamp on title). FIRST EDITION of this account of the Manchu conquest of the Ming Dynasty, written in 1639. Cordier Sinica I, 627 (calling only for a frontispiece); Palau 209789. (2)