THE CONFUCIAN SHANGSHU, ONE OF THE CHINESE FIVE CLASSICS OR "BOOK OF BOOKS", IN A JAPANESE MEIJI ERA
拍卖行: Ma San Auction
专场: 亚洲艺术品、古董与装饰品
拍品描述
The Book of Books or Documents contains the compilation of Chinese historical documents, decrees, and speeches and is a foundational Confucian text. Complete in two volumes, 'Earth' and 'Heaven', bound in russet brown card, embossed with a traditional Buddhist swastika pattern, traditional Japanese stab bindings. Edited by Goto Shizan. Published circa 1870 to 1880. 26cm x 18.5cm. Provenance: Private collection, Japan. 品相: Worming to some page margins of the Heaven volume, minor worming only to Earth. Otherwise, both volumes very bright text block, free of marks or any other damage. Very Good.
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