George Thomas Staunton: Ta Tsing Leu Lee; being the fundamental laws; and a selection from the supplementary statutes, of the penal code of China; originally printed and published in Pekin, in various successful editions, under the sanction, and by the authority of the several emperors of the Ta Tsing, or present dynasty. Translated from the Chinese; and accompanied with an appendix, consisting of authentic documents, and a few occasional notes, illustrative of the subject of this work (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1810).
- Bibliographic reference: BS 546 f., Lust no. 715, Löwendahl vol. 2, p. 60 f. (no. 748)
- Digitized version: BSB
- Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie
A French edition appeared in 1812:
[Staunton/Renouard (tr.):] Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lée, ou les lois fondamentales du code pénal de la Chine, avec le choix des statuts supplémentaires, originairement imprimé à Pékin, dans les différentes Editions successives, sous la sanction et par l’autorité de tous les Empereurs Ta-Tsing, composant la Dynastie actuelle: traduit du chinois, et accompagné d’un appendix contenant des documens authentiques et quelques notes qui éclaircissent le texte de cet ouvrage […] mis en Français par M. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix, 2 vols. (Paris: Lenormant, 1812)
- Bibliographic reference: Löwendahl, vol. 2, p. 65 (no. 761)
- Digitized:
vol. 1:
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10251439-7)
> Google Books (book contributor: Lausanne University; digitized: 18 August 2008)
vol. 2:
> Google Books (book contributor: BSB; digitized: 9 October 2009)
> Google Books (book contributor: Ghent University; digitized: 23 April 2010) - Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie
In 1812, Giovanni Rasori prepared an Italian edition of Staunton’s translation of the Da Qing lüli:
Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lee o sia Leggi fondamentali del Codice penale della China, stampato e promulgato a Pekin coll’autorità di tutti gl’Imperatori Ta-Tsing, della presente dinastia, 3 vols. (Milan: Stamperia di Giovanni Silvestri, 1812)
- Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie
Spanish version:
[George Thomas Staunton/Francisco de la Escosura y Escosura (transl.):] Leyes fundamentales del código penal de la China = Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lee o Las leyes fundamentales del código penal de la China, con escogidos estatutos suplementarios. Impreso y publicado originariamente en Pekin, bajo la sancion y autoridad de todos los Emperadores Ta-Tsing que componen la dinastia actual / traducido del chino y acompañado de un apéndice de documentos autenticos, y algunas notas … por Sir Jorge Tomás Staunton ; vertidas al español por Francisco de la Escosura y Escosura (Habana : [s.n.], 1862 (Imp. del Gobierno y Capitania General)