Max Loehr
Chinese Landscape Woodcuts: From an Imperial Commentary to the Tenth-Century Printed Edition of the Buddhist Canon
Harvard University Press, 1968. First edition. xiv/114 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 8.25" x 11", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's name is written at top of front flyleaf. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $15 on front flap, exhibits light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
Contents: 1. The beginnings of printing in the Far East. 2. Sung Printed editions of the Chinese Tripitaka. 3. The landscape woodcuts of the Pi-Tsang-Ch'uan. 4. An eleventh-Century Korean copy of the Pi-Tsang-Ch'un. 5. Conclusion.