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China.- Naide (Gu, compiler) Fawei lizheng tongshu [The Datong Almanac], 30 vol., edited by Luo Chonglin, woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 17 columns per page, 30 characters per column, single-line borders, c.152 illustrations, each leaf with some conservation support, some loss to preface and table contents with missing text supplied in neat manuscript, the occasional other loss, text occasionally supplied in red ink manuscript where block is worn, occasional faint marginal staining, stitched and bound Japanese-style in modern blue wrappers, housed in a green silk drop-back box, 8vo, China, Zhenbao tang bookshop, [Qianlong Period or later].

*** Also known as Fawei datong lizheng tongshu, this almanac contains a lunar calendar, astrological constellations, information on illnesses and amulets, the combining practices of the five elements and the Eight Diagrams, and the astrological connotations of the days. It is designed not for casual use but for professional Fengshui experts and fortune-tellers. This book is extremely rare: only three of the 30 volumes survive in the Beijing Library.