苗栗縣志 / Miaoli Xian zhi = Chronicle of Miaoli County

by Maoyin Shen

$200 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Miaoli, Taiwan: Miaoli xian wen xian wei yuan hui, 1953. Stab stitched book, 9.5 x 5.25 , 16 juan, 19 double-page maps and landscapes; original printed paper wrappers, fine. The first edition of the Chronicle was published in 1893 and was the first separate history of the county. Shen Maoyin, then magistrate of Miaoli County, invited Xie Weiyue and other local literati to conduct interviews for more than a year, and completed the manuscript the following

• Binding: Wrappers

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