Item #176365 Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu. Bingyao Yu, I V. Gillis.
Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu
Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu
Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu
Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu
Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu

Title index to the Ssu k'u ch'üan shu

Peiping: Printed by the Standard Press, 1934. full leather with gilt embossed title on front cover and spine. Marbled endpapers. [422] pages ; 28 x 22 cm. VG-, some discoloration to front cover, tear to leather at the top of spine. Item #176365

"A catalogue of this collection of Chinese literature, assembled by imperial orders, 1772-74, was completed in 1782. The present index is based upon the edition of this catalogue issued in 1868 by the Kuang-tung shu-chü."--Foreword. Quite scarce, no copies found for sale or at auction in the past 80 years. Foreword written by John C. Ferguson. P{reface by I.V. Gillis. A collection of the titles of books found in China in appx. 1774-1776.

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