Kaihon Taiji Shoju Senkai Kobun Shinpo Goshu Large Format Truly Precious Collection In Big

by Jian Huang

$4,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

84.5; 89 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo 275 x 190 mm. , orig. blue semi-stiff wrappers wrappers wormed , new stitching. Japan, probably Kyoto : colophon dated 1614.A rare Japanese edition of a manual for classical Chinese composition ascribed to Huang Jian 黃堅, allegedly of the Song dynasty. The earliest edition was published in China and has a Preface dated 1502. The book contains examples of classical Chinese writings classified by genre. These

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