Title
Yuzhu taishang ganying pian (御註太上感應篇). Compiled by the Shunzhi Emperor Fulin.
Coverage
Beijing:
Publisher
Neifu,
Date
1655.
Subject
Original wrapped-back binding (包背裝). Gift of Xia Wei and Soren Edgren.
Description
This wrapped-back binding, or baobeizhuang, was created in 1655 for a work compiled by the Shunzhi Emperor Fulin. The binding has not been altered since the book was bound for this early Qing palace edition. The binder piled the folded sheets together to form a text block, with the folded edges serving as the book’s fore-edge. Piercing the free edges with holes and threading them with strips of paper twisted to form “spills,” the binder then covered the spine with a thin coating of paste and attached a cover made from a single piece of durable paper.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School