LIULN4 Liu Xiang: MING KE LIDAI LIENU ZHUAN. (Biographies of Virtuous Women). Lao Ziliao Congshu: Zhongguo Gudai Yishu Shuji Jingxuan. Tianjin, 2004. 2, 241; 187; 207; 183 pp. on folded leaves, Chinese-style. B/w reproductions of woodcut illustrations throughout. 4 vols. 29x19 cm. Stitched. GBP 40.00 A well-made, inexpensive facsimile of the 1779 edition of the 'Lienuzhuan' with good reproductions of the illustrations. The 'Lienuzhuan', or Biographies of Virtuous Women, is attributed to Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty and was later much enlarged upon by various writers and editors. The edition on which this one is based was printed from blocks carved during the Ming Wanli period (1573-1619), with many beautiful woodcut illustrations, the designs of which were attributed to the Ming artist Qiu Ying (although they are not referred to elsewhere in accounts of his work). In Chinese. Subjects: Illustrated Books Rare Books Can be ordered in, as of: 03/07/2008 Was item 215 in printed List 140. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.