MENXG2 Meng Fanfang ed. and trans: XIQING GUJIAN SHU. (An Annotated Version of the Xiqing Gujian). 西清古鑒疏 。 孟繁放 編譯. Beijing, 2011. Various paginations typically c. 300 pp. per volume. Full page b/w illustrations throughout. 9 vols. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 400.00 Facsimile reprint of the well-known catalogue of the superb bronzes held in the Chinese imperial collections, edited by Liang Shizheng and completed in 1751. Illustrations and details of 1,529 pieces. This reprint is to much the original size and reproduces the original text and illustrations and is accompanied by a rendering of the text into modern Chinese. Chinese text only. Rapidly went out-of-print as recognied as a good and useful version. Now hard to find. Subjects: Bronzes Illustrated Books Item 596 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?m/MENXG2.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |