ALLEN, Edith Louisa, as Mrs Clement F. R. Allen.

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Some of the Analects of Confucius. First edition, found in only four institutional libraries worldwide, situating the Analects in the context of Shanghai's foreign concessions. The author, whose illustrations often have a humorous or ironic flavour, was a leading member of the Shanghai Art Society, and her artwork was sometimes requested as diplomatic gifts by local Chinese officials.A great-granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood, Allen (1854-1935) lived in China between 1878 and 1898. Her husband served as the British vice-consul Shanghai and then as consul in Beihai, Xiamen, and Fuzhou. In May 1885, she laid the foundation stone for the new British consulate in Beihai.Copies are held by the Cleveland Public Library and the universities of Cambridge, Miami, and Chicago.

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