Gai yu cong kao 陔餘叢考 Collection of Literary & Historical Thoughts & Studies

by Yi 趙翼 Zhao, or Chao

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First edition

43 parts in 16 vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. China : Zhan yi tang, Prefaces dated 1790 & 1791. First edition. Zhao 1727-1814 , was an important poet and historian from Yanghu. He was born poor and supported himself at first as a private tutor. In 1761 he passed the imperial examination and in a long career served in many official capacities. Upon being appointed the prefect of Zhenan, Guangxi province, in 1766, he showed himself to

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