Yan fang xin bian : shi ba juan
Printed 1905 (光緖乙巳三十一年). This is a revised version of Zhang, Shaotang, 1829-1894, “Zeng guang Yan fang xin bian” (張紹棠, 1829-1894, 《増廣驗方新編》) and abridgement of Bao, Xiang'ao, active 19th century, “Yan fang xin bian” (鮑相璈, active 19th century, 《驗方新編》). Book includes a preface describing why this book is in Victoria, B.C and how Mong Kow Lee (李夢九) proposed purchasing the printing plates of the book and promoted its printing. The preface was written by Liang Cheng (梁誠), who was then the minister to the United States, Mexico, Peru, and Cuba.
- In Collection:
- Call Number: RS131.64 .B372 1905
- 136 leaves ; 27 cm
- 驗方新編 : 十八卷
- 增訂驗方新編縮本
- 選錄驗方新編
- Lee Mong Kow’s Chinese Herbal Medicine Publishing Project (ca. 1900)
- Zeng ding Yan fang xin bian suo ben
- Xuan lu Yan fang xin bian
- Qian yin ben, xian zhuang
- 鉛印本, 綫裝
- Illustrations. Fragile.
- From the Print
- Gift of David Lee, 2011.
- Accession Number: 2011-077; Item: 1.12
- Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/david-lee-fonds
- April 2025 to May 2025
- Digitized using the CANON DSLR (auto settings, Camera RAW files, 72 PPI) on the copy stand. Item was rested in an acrylic cradle and where necessary, pages held open with mylar strip. Item is fragile and tightly bound; many pages are difficult to read near the inner margin due to tight binding. In addition, each of the pages consist of a folded page with printing along the folded edge which could not be captured in full during this process. Digitized by PD. Metadata by KD and MH.
- Rights
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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