Ma. Han-i araha alin-i tokso de halhūn be jailaha ši Ch. Yuzhi bishu shanzhuang shi 御製避暑山莊詩; Imperial Poems on the Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat

by Emperor of China Kangxi

$250,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

36 folding black & white woodcut plates. 88 folding leaves. Two debtelin in one vol. 8vo 265 x 166 mm. , pink wrappers, orig. block-printed title-slip on yellow silk on upper cover, early ? stitching. Beijing: Wuying dian 武英殿, Postscript dated 1712. First edition of the Kangxi Emperor’s r. 1661-1722 poetic cycle for the 36 scenic sights within the Rehe summer estate, each accompanied by a stunning double-page woodcut illustration.

• Binding: Wrappers

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