Si ku mu lüe 四庫目略 [Bibliographical Précis & Index to Siku quanshu].
Four vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. Hangzhou: 1929.
First edition of this bibliography and index of the contents of the Siku quanshu 四庫全書 [Complete Library of the Four Treasuries], compiled in 1773-92. For a detailed account of the making of this massive work, “an anthology to end all anthologies, an authoritative compendium of everything worthwhile ever” (Elliott, Emperor Qianlong, p. 118). See further R. Kent Guy’s The Emperor’s Four Treasuries.
Fine set, preserved in a hantao. Some pale dampstaining in Vol. I. Occasional foxing.
References
Elliott, Mark C. Emperor Qianlong: Son of... More