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Linqing: NINGXIANGSHI HONGXUE YINYUAN TUJI. Hongxue Yinyuan Tuji. Shanghai, 1884. 92; 89; 88 folded leaves. Detailed b/w lithographic illustrations throughout. 3 vols. 19x12 cm. Stitched. Original wooden boards.
GBP 1,350.00
This is the autobiography of the Manchu noble Linqing, originally published by his sons Chongshi and Chonghou at Yangzhou in 1849. The original edition was one of the finest illustrated works of its time. See
Hummel: Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing period, 507.
This is the very rare Dianshizhai lithographic edition with the finely-detailed lithographic illustrations that this recently introduced technology brought to Chinese printing. This copy has (mostly faint) waterstaining on the uppermost blank part of most of the three fascicles that, on occasion, intrudes onto the top edge of the printed text and illustrations. Other than that, minor foxing at times. Generally, a good presentable copy with the original boards. Priced accordingly. In Chinese.
Subjects: Illustrated Books
Available, as of: 03/07/2008
Was item 213 in printed List 140.
Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.
