Anchun pu 鵪鶉譜 The Quail Manual

by Shilin 程石鄰 Cheng

$4,950 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Woodblock-printed. 4, 2, 19; 26 folding leaves. One juan in 2 vols. 32mo 147 x 100 mm. , new wrappers, new stitching. China : Preface dated gengyin 1650? .A fascinating pocket-sized manual for identifying, feeding, and handling quails for fights, which was a popular pastime in premodern China. We find this title only in the Shikaitang 世楷堂 reprints of the Zhaodai congshu 昭代叢書 anthology in WorldCat accession nos. 1478081079 and

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