1959 Journey to the West- Russian Translation of Chinese-4 Vols

Description: Journey to the West, in 4 Volumes, Translated from Chinese by A. Rogachev. Published in Moscow by the USSR State Publishing House of Art and Literature. 1959, Vol 1: 456pp, Vol. 2: 447pp, Vol. 3: 487pp, Vol. 4: 534pp, all volumes are 6 x 9", hardcover binding. All volumes are in fair to good condition with minimal shelf-wear to exterior, including rubbing to boards and foxing to text-blocks. Hinges are all intact. Previous owner's stamp and pen notations on title pages and throughout folios. General age-related toning and foxing to pages. Includes ink-illustrated plates throughout all folios; volume 4 contains a fold-out map inside the back board. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. An educational book from the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988): Dutch Orientalist, professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden (1931-1946), and Yale University (1947-1965), and once depicted by legendary Langston Hughes in 'I Wonder, I Wander', as a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages", after a brief meeting on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933. These 4 volumes make up the complete Chinese novel known as the Journey to the West, which was originally published during the Ming dynasty. These volumes are Chinese translated into Russian. FORN-SHELF-646-0823-eb0361

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