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Item
3114
Kai, Ch'i 
Hung lou meng t'u yung
Peking?, Not known   1884 
134pp; Illus; 30x17cm   Chinese   Stitch-bound in cloth board case

Woodblock printed book in four volumes of 50 portraits by Kai Ch'i (1774-1829) of characters from the novel known in English as `The dream of the red chamber', together with 76 poems and prose commentaries by various authors. Each volume has brown paper covers with a cream title slip. Impressions good