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Zurich: Amstutz, Herdig & Co, 1947. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG-. Oversized brown cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering with two ivory clasps. 12 pages. Eight facsimile reproductions in color. "The orignials of these pictures are painted on paper and silk in the water-colour technique customary only in China. They form part of The Lin Shih-Lu Collection at Foochow, and are reproduced with the permission of their owner, all except No. 8 appearing for the first time. The Chinse title was written by Professor Lin Chun: 'From the Shih-Lu Collection.' The red stamp on the third page is the stamp of the Lin family of Foochow: 'The Descendants of The Yin House.' This book was awarded a prize at the 1944 Swiss Book Exhibitino for the Artistic Excellence of its Production.