VAN GULIK, Robert H.

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Scrapbook for Chinese Collectors. First edition, first printing, of the only published translation of Lu Shihua's Shu Hua Shuo Ling (1776), a spirited condemnation of soi-disant collectors and dishonest sellers."He did not mince words in exposing the knavery of shady art-dealers, untrustworthy mounters and crooked brokers... he reveals that they often colluded with wineshop owners and brothel keepers, joining hands in cleaning out wealthy customers and unwary travellers bent on either the spiritual or physical enjoyment of beauty - or both" (p. 17).

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