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SUN, J. ET AL ED. QINGDING SHUJING TUSHUO- IMPERIALLY See another copy of this publication from the Hanshan Tang Reserve
COMMISSIONED ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF ‘THE CLASSIC OF Collection, sold at Christie’s, London, 14 May 2013, lot 98.
HISTORY’
DATED 31ST YEAR OF GUANGXU, CORRESPONDING TO 1905 Copies of this publication are rare, with only a handful available in public
The rare publication comprises sixteen volumes, bound in yellow paper, libraries. It was commissioned by the Qing Imperial court under the Guangxu
encased in two cloth-bound fastening slips, containing fne lithographic Emperor and represents a prime example of lithographic publication at the
illustrations with imagery, maps printed in black & red, and charts & tables. Wuyingdian Imperial Press located in the Forbidden City and possibly its
Each volume, 12√ in. (32.7 cm.) high x 8Ω in. (21.8 cm.) wide fnal publication before the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. The frst-
named editor Sun Jianai was an important scholar and oficial during the
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Guangxu reign (1875-1908). He was also the frst president of the institution
£10,000-20,000 $15,000-28,000 which became Beijing University, and a graduate of the Wuyingdian itself in
€12,000-23,000 1907. Sun oversaw a team of some 20 people dedicated to the production of
this work.
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia in the 1960s 1905年 《欽定書經圖說》 16冊
來源:
歐洲私人珍藏, 於1960年代購自亞洲

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