Jing shi fang xiang zhi 京師坊巷志 Treatise on the Neighborhoods and Alleys of the Capital

by Yixin 朱一新 Zhu, Quansun 繆荃孫 Miao

$2,950 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Six vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers two missing , orig. stitching. China : Liu shi Qiushu zhai 劉氏求恕齋, 1918.A scarce edition of this work on the local history of Beijing, initially written for inclusion in a so-called gazetteer. “A gazetteer is a cumulative record of a territorial unit published in book format, generally by a local government, and arranged by topics such as topography,

• Binding: Wrappers

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