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Hu (Zhengyan). 十竹齋箋譜 Shizhuzhai jianpu, 4 volumes, Beijing: Rongbaozhai, 1952 Hu (Zhengyan). 十竹齋箋譜 Shizhuzhai jianpu (Decorated Letter Papers from the Ten Bamboo Studio), 4 volumes, Beijing: Rongbaozhai, 1952, colour woodblock and embossed illustrations throughout, original gold-flecked wrappers, contained within original decorative silk slipcase, 4to QTY: (1) NOTE: "The best printed book of modern times anywhere" - Jan Tschichold Hu was a publisher, calligrapher, and artist who produced and sold decorative letter papers at his Ten Bamboo Studio in Nanjing. This collection comprises hundreds of exemplars by artists including Zhao Mengfu, Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou, and other prominent figures. Hu's work played a formative role in the development of Chinese and Japanese painting and woodblock aesthetics.