He Gong Qi Ju Tu Shuo Illustrations Explanations Of The Techniques Of Water Conservancy And Civil

by Linqing Wanyan M Wanggiyan Linking

$12,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

1836. 145 full-page woodcuts. Four juan bound in four vols. 8vo, later wrappers some inoffensive worming in all vols. , stitched. Suzhou: Wu xue pu ju, Preface dated 1836. First edition of this richly illustrated book; it is rare on the market. “The first Chinese handbook specialized in technical knowledge about hydraulics that we know of . It is an extremely valuable work because of the precise descriptions of each tool, the accompanying

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