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Zhang Jue: JINGSHI WUCHENG FANGXIANG HUTONG JI. Xuxiu Siku Quanshu Xuancui. Beijing, 2002. [5], 1, 1, 2, 23 folded leaves, Chinese-style. 1 2-page b/w city plan. 29x18 cm. Stitched, brocade case.
GBP 38.00
Facsimile reproduction (of a Qing woodcut edition) of an invaluable Jiaqing period map and outline guide to the streets, alleys and sites of then contemporary Beijing, around 1560. Despite its brevity, it is highly regarded as an accurate and personally observed inventory of the city. From a series reviving bibliographic gems from the famous Siku Catalogue. In Chinese.
Subjects: Beijing Cities
Can be ordered in, as of: 15/10/2008
Was item 380 in printed List 126.
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