明宫史 金鳌退食筆記 Ming gong shi, Jin Ao tuishi biji . History of the Ming Palace AND Retreat and Leisure Notes from the Golden Turtle

by Gao Shiqi Liu Ruoyu, 劉若愚 高士奇

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北京古籍出版社. 1982. Stock ID #219179 152pp, two volumes in one, text in traditional Chinese characters, 20.3 x 14cm, paperback. Contents browned, endpapers, edges and wrappers foxed, edges of first leaves creased, spine faded, a sound copy. The History of the Ming Palace was written by Liu Ruoyu, a eunuch who wrote insider accounts of late Ming court officialdom, ceremonies and customs, as well as of his

• Binding: Paperback

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