Woodblock-printed. With woodcut illustrations of geological formations. 6， 31， 26 （duplicate of f. 13 bound after f. 14), 17, 20; 31, 34, 33, 34 folding leaves. Introductory juan and 7 numbered juan in two vols. 8vo (226 x 145 mm.), plain paper wrappers, old stitching. [China]: Guihua lou 桂華樓 (title-page), Preface dated 1751.

First edition of the anthology of canonical texts within the Chinese geological tradition (dili 地理; kanyu 堪輿; fengshui 風水) by Yu Peng 余鵬 (zi Puyuan 樸園), together with his commentary. This is a very rare book: we locate only two other copies, both in China.

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