Through a Forest of Chancellors. Fugutive Histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an Illustrated Book from Seventeenth Century Suzhou. F.

by Anne Burkus-Chasson

A$95 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 2010. Black and white illustrations, 378pp, notes, words cited, character list, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. Liu accompanied each figure, presented under the..... More

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