HU0XL1
Hu Wenhuan et al. comp: XINKE LUOCHONG LU. (Newly Carved Edition of the Record of Naked Insects). Gezhi Congshu. Beijing, 2001. Various pagings. B/w woodcut illustrations throughout. 3 vols. 31x20 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
GBP 125.00
Facsimile of a Ming Wanli period - 1593 - edition of a work which illustrates people - naked insects - from real and imaginary countries throughout the known and unknown world. It was compiled together with collaborators for Hu Wenhuan's 'Gezhi' collectanea. Hu was a Hangzhou bookseller who produced many fine editions at the time. In Chinese only.
Subjects: Illustrated Books
Can be ordered in, as of: 03/07/2008
Was item 189 in printed List 140.
Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.
