Ch'i lin shih erh chai cheng ch'eng

Description

A collection of twelve original paintings on verso of each leaf, each by a different artist, of the twelve beautiful ladies in Hung Lou Meng by Tsʻao Chan ; plates and text (on rectos) mounted on tan moiré ; pages folded Chinese style.,Bound in gray moiré covers ; title in Chinese characters mounted on tan strip on front cover ; in blue moiré puiblisher's box, title mounted on tan strip on front of box; two ivory fasteners.,P113,Condition: Covers slightly rubbed and cockled; pages foxed and cockled; box rubbed and torn at edges, bottom closure torn. Scanned 8/2002.,5 8,