Hu Zhengyan. - Shizhuzhai jianpu (sinice: collection of decorated stationery from the ten-bambus hall). Four blockbooks. With numerous, approx. 250 leaf-sized, mostly colored woodcuts and relief prints. 31.5 x 19.5 cm. Light brown Obroschur cover with gold flakes speckled, bound with brown silk cord, together and in triple Obrokat silk cover (lightly stained, slightly rubbed and dusted) with rich ornamentation and 2 beinneren pen clasps as well as mounted, all together in modern simple blue linen cassette. ==References====External links== Original version of the famous Chinese painting manual Writings and paintings from the Zehnbambushalle by the artist, printer and publisher Hu Zhengyan (also Hu Yuecong 1584-1674), who created magnificent picture worlds in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. The edition of 1644 of Hu Zhengyan with "about one hundred and eighty large multi-coloured prints - the first ever book with coloured prints of non-illustrative character and probably the most beautiful ever printed in colors .. is embedded in a history of Chinese wooden panel and color printing from the beginning to the present, which is crowded but comprehensive" (Chichold) An extensive Chinese textbook on painting, which presents a collection of artful stationery. Some of the illustrations were made in the traditional Chinese embossing technique of "Gonghua". It contains finely elaborated representations of flowers, rocks, antiques, picturesque landscapes, bronzes, mythological animals and butterflies. – In very good preservation. Nice specimen.