[China. Artists' manual] The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
(Shih Chu-Chai Chien-p'u) Beijing, n.publ., 1952. 4 volumes. With 284 (hand-)col. and/or embossed woodcuts, printed text in Chinese throughout. Orig. unif. gold-speckled wr. w. labels, preserved in orig. dec. silk portfolio w. bone clasps. 4to. A beautiful facsimile of the Shih Chu-Chai Chien-p'u (Collection of Decorated Writing Paper from the Ten Bamboo Studio); after the edition published by Hu Cheng-yen in 1644.
Exterior sl. foxed/ yellowed, else a fine set. A stunning edition of this Chinese classic.