Author: FRANKE, OTTO:
Title: Kêng Tschi T'u ... Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China. Ein Kaiserliches Lehr- und Mahn - Buch. Aus dem chinesischen übersetzt und mit Erklärungen versehen. Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1913.
Description: . Folio. Pp. viii, 194, (ii). With 102 plates and many illustrations in the text. Comprises three plates with Chinese porcelain, eight plates with facsimile text in Chinese and 91 plates representing rice and silk cultivation, pasted in and with captions in German. Original cloth, rubbed and rebacked with old spine preserved. Red Asian stamps. First edition. A scarce, comprehensive work on the Gengzhitu (Drawings of tilling and weaving). It was originally compiled by Lou Shou in the Song period (1090-1162). Agriculture and silk production held a special place in China and both occupations were regarded as paramount for the well-being of the state. During the Qing period the Kangxi emperor sponsored a revised version of the Gengzhitu edited by Jiao Bingzhen (1696). In this work Franke provides a complete German translation of the Kangxi edition along with his comments. Contains a long introduction that deals with rice and silk production illustrated in Chinese art and literature. ("Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut (XI:8)". Not in Cordier.
Keywords: East Asia, chine, chinese, kina, chine, silk, silk production, agriculture, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration
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Title: Kêng Tschi T'u ... Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China. Ein Kaiserliches Lehr- und Mahn - Buch. Aus dem chinesischen übersetzt und mit Erklärungen versehen. Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1913.
Description: . Folio. Pp. viii, 194, (ii). With 102 plates and many illustrations in the text. Comprises three plates with Chinese porcelain, eight plates with facsimile text in Chinese and 91 plates representing rice and silk cultivation, pasted in and with captions in German. Original cloth, rubbed and rebacked with old spine preserved. Red Asian stamps. First edition. A scarce, comprehensive work on the Gengzhitu (Drawings of tilling and weaving). It was originally compiled by Lou Shou in the Song period (1090-1162). Agriculture and silk production held a special place in China and both occupations were regarded as paramount for the well-being of the state. During the Qing period the Kangxi emperor sponsored a revised version of the Gengzhitu edited by Jiao Bingzhen (1696). In this work Franke provides a complete German translation of the Kangxi edition along with his comments. Contains a long introduction that deals with rice and silk production illustrated in Chinese art and literature. ("Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut (XI:8)". Not in Cordier.
Keywords: East Asia, chine, chinese, kina, chine, silk, silk production, agriculture, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration
Price: EUR 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1304.22 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 37018
- Book number: 37018
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