Qinding xieji bianfang shu 欽定協紀辨方書 Imperially Approved Treatise on Harmonizing Times & Distinguishing Directions

by Yunlu 允禄

$8,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Woodblock-printed with black and red ink. Many woodcut diagrams & star-charts throughout. 36 juan in 26 vols. 12mo 181 x 115 mm. , orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. stitching, handwritten volume number & summary on bottom edges, housed between wooden boards tied with hemp strings. China : Preface dated 1741. Small-format, bicolor, and generously illustrated edition of the authoritative treatise on traditional Chinese calendrical science, compiled

• Binding: Wrappers

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