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[CHINA] [YU ZHI GENG ZHI TU] THE MAKING OF SILK ILLUSTRATED. Shanghai, Tien Shih Chai, photo-lithographic works, [ca 1880]. 270 x 177 mm, Chinese-style sewn in purple silk cover with gilt decoration and title [49] Chinese-style leaves (some folds split). Preface and table of contents in French. 23 poems in Chinese, English and French explaining the culture and manufacture of silk; illustrated with as many black lithographs. The last few pages have been written in Chinese. This volume is part of a series of 4. It is a reprint of the "Keng-Chih-Tou" composed in 1145 by Lou Shou of which another version published by the emperor Kang hi appeared in 1796. Many brown spots.
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