first edition original printed wrappers, sewn spine (soiling, minor repairs).
1891. · Hankow [China]
by (Missionary) CHOU HAN:
CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries
The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow [China] 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to, original printed wrappers, sewn spine (soiling, minor repairs).
The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John (1831-1912) as 'a gentleman of high official rank (Taotai) in Hunan', and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture, managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people (see John's "A Voice from China" 1907, p. 220). Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX, XIII, XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner, and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia.
Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (ABPC & RBH). (Inventory #: BB009)
The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow [China] 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to, original printed wrappers, sewn spine (soiling, minor repairs).
The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John (1831-1912) as 'a gentleman of high official rank (Taotai) in Hunan', and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture, managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people (see John's "A Voice from China" 1907, p. 220). Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX, XIII, XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner, and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia.
Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (ABPC & RBH). (Inventory #: BB009)