Jiangcun xiao xia lu 江邨銷夏錄 Records from Yangzi River Village’s Herb Hall , made to Pass the Summer

by Shiqi 高士奇 Gao

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225 folding leaves. Three juan in one vol. 8vo, orig. yellow silk over wrappers, new stitching. . Japan : Prefaces dated 1693, but a facsimile edition published in Japan, 1800 . This is a record of paintings and calligraphy by Gao Shiqi 高士奇 1645-1703 , who completed it in the summer of 1693 in the main hall caotang 草堂 or Herb Hall , of his refurbished old mansion in Pinghu, Zhejiang. Gao, a Zhejiang man of relatively humble

• Binding: Wrappers

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