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Die Geschichte des Fräulein Ren

Title
Die Geschichte des Fräulein Ren / erzählt von Shen Jiji ; eine chinesiche Fuchsgeistergeschichte aus der Tang Zeit mit Bildern von Clemens-Tobias Lange.
Author
Shen, Jiji, approximately 740-approximately 800
Publication
Hamburg : CTL, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Lange, Clemens-Tobias
  • Sander, Fabian
  • Zwang, Christian
  • Bujatti, Anna
  • Druckwork (Firm : Tübingen, Germany), compositor
  • Wichers (Firm : Hamburg, Germany), binder
  • CTL-Presse, publisher
Description
101 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
A story in the Chinese fox ghost tradition.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Traditional format (Bookbinding process)
  • Ebony (Wood)
  • Silk (textile) limp bindings.
  • Ebony back (portion) bindings.
  • Ghost stories.
  • Wooden bindings – Germany – 1992.
  • Artists' books – Germany – Hamburg – 1992.
Note
  • "Original title: Ren Shi Chuan ; translated by Clemens-Tobias Lange from the Italian edition by Anna Bujatti and the Chinese edition (Tang Song Chuanqui Xuan) edited with commentary by Zhang Youche, Beijing, 1983. Design, hand composition, text and illustrations by Clemens-Tobias Lange. Composition of the Chinese text by Fabian Sander and Druckwork, Tübingen. The type is Trump medieval ; the paper is Japanese Kashu by Nikoh Inc., Japan. Silk binding Peau d'ane by Wichers, Hamburg. Cover by Christian Zwang, Hamburg. This edition consists of 115 numbered and signed copies, in addition to 8 copies with Roman numerals. Copies 1-15 include 4 signed original prints in white on dark ganpi paper (konzome). This copy is number ..."--Colophon (translated).
  • German text printed in black on recto, Chinese text printed in red on verso of each double leaf.
  • Bound in traditional format with red-turquoise silk limp covers and ebony spine.
Language (note)
  • Parallel text in German and Chinese.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed, on colophon, "Clemens-Tobias Lange."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's ebony spine over red and gray silk replicating pebbled paper wrappers; spine lettered in gold; printed on double leaves; in a slipcase.
Awards (note)
  • One of the '50 most beautiful German books of the year, ' 1993; bronze medal for best book design, Stiftung Buchkunst, 1994.
Call Number
Rare Books 20-465
OCLC
913387343
Author
Shen, Jiji, approximately 740-approximately 800, author.
Title
Die Geschichte des Fräulein Ren / erzählt von Shen Jiji ; eine chinesiche Fuchsgeistergeschichte aus der Tang Zeit mit Bildern von Clemens-Tobias Lange.
Publisher
Hamburg : CTL, 1992.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
Parallel text in German and Chinese.
Awards
One of the '50 most beautiful German books of the year, ' 1993; bronze medal for best book design, Stiftung Buchkunst, 1994.
Provenance
Inscribed, on colophon, "Clemens-Tobias Lange." NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's ebony spine over red and gray silk replicating pebbled paper wrappers; spine lettered in gold; printed on double leaves; in a slipcase. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books 20-465 is no. 40 of 115 copies.
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Added Author
Lange, Clemens-Tobias, artist, book designer, compositor, translator.
Sander, Fabian, compositor.
Zwang, Christian, cover designer.
Bujatti, Anna.
Shen, Jiji, approximately 740-approximately 800. Ren shi zhuan.
Shen, Jiji, approximately 740-approximately 800. Ren shi zhuan. German.
Druckwork (Firm : Tübingen, Germany), compositor.
Wichers (Firm : Hamburg, Germany), binder.
CTL-Presse, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books 20-465
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