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Lot 32
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[CHINESE BOOK]. QIN Weiyue (秦維嶽, 1759-1839) -- Huang Jing (黄璟) -- Lu Zhitian (陸芝田), and Zhang Tingxun (張廷選, 1672-1755). 皋蘭縣續志 Gaolan Xian xu zhi [Gao Lan County Chronicle]. Gaolan: Gaolan Shu Yuan, 1847 (Daoguang 27).
12 parts in 4 volumes, 4to (225 x 153 mm). Woodcut illustrations. (Some darkening.) Tan paper, stab-sewn (rubbing, chipping with losses to wrappers); cloth folding case with paper title label (darkening, rubbing, lacking clasps).
An illustrated history of Gansu province in the far west of China bordering Tibet, Mongolia, and Sichuan, along the Silk Road.