ZZBES1 Zhang Yuanji: BAINABEN ERSHISI SHI. (Bonaben Twenty Four Histories). Shanghai, 1930-37. 820 vols. 20x13 cm. Stitched. GBP 6,000.00 Historians of China will long be grateful to Zhang Yuanji for his role in publishing this work. Dissatisfied with the editions generally available in China in the 1920's, Zhang resolved to seek out the best edition of each history and succeeded in obtaining many Song and Yuan texts for the project. Throughout this arduous undertaking, he acted as chief editor, supervising the collation of variant histories. Many of the editions reproduced in facsimile were from the Hanfenlou Collection, the rare book library that Zhang had assembled on behalf of the Commercial Press and which was later to be mostly destroyed in the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1932. Boorman I:138-140. For a breakdown of the histories and the editions reproduced, see Zhongguo congshu conglu I:631-633. This set is contained in 24 traditional stackable wooden cases with front flip lids, manufactured in Hong Kong in the 1950s. Some damage to the wood and joints. Together with: - Liang Qixiong: NIANSISHI ZHUANMU YINDE. (Index to Biographies in the 24 Annals). Shanghai, 1940. 2, 2, 4, 12, 14, 440 pp. 19x13 cm. Paper. This is an index to the biographies in the twenty-four dynastic histories. In the main body of the work names are arranged according to the number of strokes, with the juan number of the dynastic history following. Reprint of 1936 edition. T&B 3:178. (LIANS2) ERSHIWU SHI RENMING SUOYIN. (Index to names in the 25 Histories). Beijing, 1956. 518 pp. 19x14 cm. Cloth. Four-corner index to the names of all persons having biographies or biographical notes in the benji, shijia or liezhuan sections of the twentyfive dynastic histories. Key to surnames arranged by stroke number. T&B III:178. (ZZESJ1) Wang Huizu: SHIXING YUNBIAN. N.p., 1884. 16 vols. 20x12 cm. Stitched. Index to the biographies in the twenty-four dynastic histories. Gengyulou Shuju movable-type reprint. (WANSY1) Sima Guang: ZIZHI TONGJIAN. Sibu Congkan. Shanghai, (1929). 80 vols. 20x13 cm. Stitched. Part of the history section of the Sibu congkan, this 294-chapter version is a reprint of a Song edition. (SIGZT1) Subjects: History Out of stock, as of: 15/10/2008 Was item 281 in printed List 139. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.