WANZD8 Wang Liming comp: ZHONG DING ZI YUAN. (A Source for Characters on Bronze Vessels). 鐘鼎字源。汪立名 輯. Shanghai, n.d. (c.1930) Various paginations of folded leaves. 5 juan plus supplement (fulu). 3 vols. 20x13 cm. Stitched, later cloth case. GBP 100.00 A prime resource for Chinese scholars trying to identify the characters on ancient Chinese bronze objects. No easy task! A modern character is given in a small black circle followed by ancient versions, many nearly pictographic in nature. Thousands of ancient character forms throughout the three volumes. Reduced-format lithographic version of an 1876 edition based on the woodblock-printed 1716 first edition. A bit of worming to the front of volume 1 and the back of volume 3. Minor worming inside volume one that doesn't detract from what is otherwise a clean bright copy of an interesting work. Priced accordingly. Very scarce in this lithographic form. Subjects: Inscriptions Bronzes Item 138 in List 211. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WANZD8.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |