A SET OF 'PEKING' PLAYING CARDS AND WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS...
A SET OF 'PEKING' PLAYING CARDS AND WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, LANGUAGE AND FENGSHUI
Comprising: a set of cards each depicting a scenery, copyright, 1901, by Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co., Los Angeles, California; three printed volumes of The Jade Ruler Classics (yuchijing) from sections one to six bound within a hard case inscribed in gilt pingshayuchijing, dated to the xinwei year of the Tongzhi period, corresponding to 1871; a volume of The Book of Burial of Guopu (guopuzangjing); four volumes of Encyclopedia of Wealth Acquisition (zhifuquanshu), dated to the gengzi year of the Daoguang period, corresponding to 1840; a pocket-sized concertina bound manuscript with Cantonese transliteration of Chinese characters.
The largest 14.9cm (5 7/8in) high x 22.5cm (8 7/8in) wide. (7).
Footnotes
撲克一組、《玉尺經》三冊、《郭樸葬經》一冊、《致富全書》四冊及手寫簿一冊
A SET OF 'PEKING' PLAYING CARDS AND WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, LANGUAGE AND FENGSHUI
Comprising: a set of cards each depicting a scenery, copyright, 1901, by Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co., Los Angeles, California; three printed volumes of The Jade Ruler Classics (yuchijing) from sections one to six bound within a hard case inscribed in gilt pingshayuchijing, dated to the xinwei year of the Tongzhi period, corresponding to 1871; a volume of The Book of Burial of Guopu (guopuzangjing); four volumes of Encyclopedia of Wealth Acquisition (zhifuquanshu), dated to the gengzi year of the Daoguang period, corresponding to 1840; a pocket-sized concertina bound manuscript with Cantonese transliteration of Chinese characters.
The largest 14.9cm (5 7/8in) high x 22.5cm (8 7/8in) wide. (7).
Footnotes
撲克一組、《玉尺經》三冊、《郭樸葬經》一冊、《致富全書》四冊及手寫簿一冊
