The Chinese Classics: with a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena and Copious Indexes. Complete Set of 5 Books in 8 Volumes, Original First Edition, by James Legge, Published 1861-1872. COMPLETE SET, TRUE ORIGINAL FIRST Edition. This item is unavailable.The Chinese Classics: with a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena and Copious Indexes. Complete Set of 5 Books in 8 Volumes, Original First Edition, by James Legge, Published 1861-1872. COMPLETE SET, TRUE ORIGINAL FIRST Edition

TRUE ORIGINAL FIRST edition. Large octavo, 25*18cm, Wt:10.2kg. Complete set, not uniformly bound, 5 volumes in 8 books, all true first editions, dated on title pages. Part I of Volume 5 lacks the final leaf (page 409-410). Vol I, II, III and IV are ex-library (British Embassy, Tokyo). Extremely scarce. Vol I. Hongkong: At the Author's/London: Trubner & Co., 1861, xiv+136pp+376pp. Vol II. Hongkong: At the Author's/London: Trubner & Co., 1861, viii+126pp+497pp. Vol III. Part I., Hongkong: At the Author's/London: Trubner & Co., 1865, xii+208pp+1-280p. Vol III. Part II., Hongkong: At the Author's/London: Trubner & Co., 1865, iv+281-735p. Vol IV. Part I., Hongkong: Lane, Crawford & Co./London: Trubner & Co., 1871, xii+182pp+1-244p. Vol IV. Part II., Hongkong: Lane, Crawford & Co./London: Trubner & Co., 1871, 245-785p. Vol V. Part I., Hongkong: Lane, Crawford & Co./London: Trubner & Co., 1872, xii+148pp+1-408p. Vol V. Part II., Hongkong: Lane, Crawford & Co./London: Trubner & Co., 1872, iv+411-933p. Legge originally planned his "Chinese Classics" as SEVEN VOLUMES, but his translations of Yi King and Li Ki (and several others) were instead included, years later, in the Sacred Books of the East series edited by Max Müller (Oxford: Clarendon Press). More photos available upon request. …