18th-19th century
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
Accordion-fold woodblock-printed book; ink on paper; with a printed postface dated to 1497. Circa 1506 reprint of the Jifu edition, which was first published in 1497.
16th centuryChineseEngraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream, soiled and crushed, reinforced with strips of paper on the verso top, fore, and bottom edges
16th centuryNetherlandish