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NGUYEN TE DUC, PIRES (Jorge P.), trad. O LIVRO do Ópio. Lisboa. 2000. - NGUYEN TE DUC, PIRES (Jorge P.), trad. O LIVRO do Ópio . Tradução de Jorge P. Pires. Lisboa: Frenesi, 2000. 118, [10] pp.; 190 mm. First edition in Portuguese. Translation of Le Livre de l'Opium (Paris, Éditions du Monde Moderne, 1925), a treatise on opium by the Vietnamese writer Nguyen Te Duc, a Taoist initiate, which addresses the subject from within the practice – the uses and rituals of the substance, its physical and psychic properties, its effects and dangers. The original French edition, which has as its pre-original the pamphlet L'Esprit des Races Jaunes. L'Opium, sa Pratique (Ollendorff, 1902), was prefaced by Albert de Pouvourville. Uncommon. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate