Shui jing zhu xi nan zhu shui kao 水經注西南諸水攷 [The Rivers of Southwestern China]
& two other works. Woodcut diagrams in the second part. 30; 14; 8 folding leaves. Three juan in one vol. Large 8vo, early orange wrappers, new stitching. [China]: Preface of first juan dated 1847, Preface of second juan dated 1857.
First edition. Chen (1810-82), was a brilliant polymath who wrote on Chinese phonology, geography and cartography, mathematics, and the calendar. The first work in this volume is a study of the more than 1000 watercourses of southwest China appearing in the ancient geographical work Shuijing zhu 水經注 [Commentary to the Guide to Waterways] by Li Daoyuan (d. 527)... More
