Lao shou hsing (2 Ergebnisse)

Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Original brown paper-covered boards with title label tipped-on to board. Boards slightly edgeworn. Accordian-fold leaves with dual English & Chinese text. With ten hand-coloured plates illustrating the stories. Later owner's inscription to the title page. 8vo.

Concertina Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Original brown paper-covered boards with title label tipped-on to board. Boards slightly edgeworn. Accordian-fold leaves with dual English & Chinese text. With ten beautifully hand-coloured plates illustrating the stories with decorative cream cloth borders. The Flat Peach Meeting is a famous event in Chinese mythology and Taoism held by Xi wang mu, Queen Mother of the West in her heavenly Fairy Kingdom. The book introduces the stories of the Eight Immortals such as Lu Tung-pin (Lu Dongbin), Ho Hsien-ku (He Xianggu) and Han Chung-li (Zhongli Quan), as well as of Hsi Wang mu (Xi wangmu) and Lao Shou Hsing (Shouxing). Small 8vo. …