Dili zhenji quanshu 地理真機全書 Compendium on the Profound Principles of Geology

by Yun 黎雲 Li

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First edition

Woodblock-printed. Many woodcut illustrations throughout of geological formations. 3 , 4, 3, 62 f. 47 misbound before f. 46 ; 61 f. 32 misbound before f. 31 ; 58 ff. 53-54 lacking ; 62 f. 20 duplicated folding leaves. Four juan in 4 vols. 8vo 218 x 158 mm. , plain paper wrappers upper wrapper of Vol. I defective , new stitching. China : Jusheng tang 聚盛堂, Preface dated 1790. First edition of Li Yun’s 黎雲 hao Huafeng

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