Xi yu ji 西域記 Record of Things Seen & Heard in the Western Regions

by Qishiyi 七十一

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One double-page woodcut map in the text. 56; 60 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. China : Wei jing tang, Preface dated 1814. An early, variorum edition 1st ed.: 1777 of this great classic, the Xiyu wenjianlu 西域聞見錄. The Manchu official Qishiyi, in the present work , offers a frontiersman’s view of the conquest quite different from that of the imperial center. Qishiyi, who earned

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