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volume of small character edition of the Zuozhuan; Song specimen
volume of the Tangshu xiangjie-, Huitong guan movable type edition
of the Shijing; Huitong guan movable type edition of the Zhuchen
zouyi; movable type specimen volume of the Su Luanchengji, mov¬
able type specimen volume of the Sixuanji, each of the above one
volume, for a total price of 2 90 yuan. In addition I presented a copy
of the Fan^an in two volumes.

It appears that the yuan had recently gained in value and was then
approximately on par with the United States dollar.
 

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Leaf from a rare Song edition of the writings of Su Che

(1039-1112), printed at Meishan, ca. 1200, from the

volume of 12 specimen leaves that Plimpton acquired

from Fu Zengxiang in 1920

The entry is not excessively informative, but it is quite accurate. I
compared the description with the actual books in the Columbia
collection for additional information. There are actually eleven and
one-half leaves (one leaf equals two pages) in the volume of speci¬
men leaves, representing eleven editions (one is repeated); eight
leaves are Song, three are Yuan, and one is from a Ming facsimile of
a Song edition (100 yuan); the Zuozhuan, a Ming edition of the first
half of the sixteenth century, is based on a Song edition iW yuan);
the Tangshu xiangjie is also based on a Song edition (10yuan). The