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Book/Printed Material Cao mu pu. 草木譜

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About this Item

Title

  • Cao mu pu.

Other Title

  • 草木譜

Summary

  • Incomplete; date of woodblock unknown; title page blank; text not divided into chapters; compiler anonymous; date of print unknown; regarded as a plant taxonomy, with vivid illustrations and scientific names of plants on each page; some pages believed to be missing.

Names

  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).

Created / Published

  • [China : s.n., between 1600 and 1799?]

Notes

  • -  Title from label on spine of case.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  January 6, 1941 600021.
  • -  線裝.
  • -  此書全為圖畫，除植物名稱外隻字俱無，無從考訂版本。孤本。全書布滿蛀孔，然經襯補完竣。各圖繪刻俱極精致，為版畫上乘. 刻印年代不詳，不分卷。佚名繪編。植物圖譜，每葉一圖，僅標題文字上標品名。卷内無書名，版心空白，開卷即圖，疑前有闕葉，無從考訂版本.

Medium

  • 1 v. : all ill.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402255

Online Format

  • image

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Chinese Rare Book Collection. Cao Mu Pu. [China: s.n., between 1600 and 1799?, 1600] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402255/.

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Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1600) Cao Mu Pu. [China: s.n., between 1600 and 1799?] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402255/.

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Chinese Rare Book Collection. Cao Mu Pu. [China: s.n., between 1600 and 1799?, 1600] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012402255/>.