Six vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (two missing), orig. stitching. [China]: Liu shi Qiushu zhai 劉氏求恕齋, 1918.

A scarce edition of this work on the local history of Beijing, initially written for inclusion in a so-called gazetteer. “A gazetteer is a cumulative record of a territorial unit published in book format, generally by a local government, and arranged by topics such as topography, institutions, population, taxes, biographies, and literature” (Dennis, Writing, Publishing, and Reading Local Gazetteers in Imperial China, 1100-1700, 1). Our book originated as a draft for a section in a.... More