????????? / Shaanxisheng Xi'anshi dimingzhi [= Shaanxi Province Xi An City gazetteer]

[Xi An Geographical Names Committee]

Published by Xi An Geographical Names Committee, Xian, 1986

About this Item

First edition limited to 5000 copies, large 8vo, pp. [6], 428, [2]; 8 pages of plates, 11 color maps, 9 of them double-page; full red cloth gilt; a touch of edgewear, administrative stamps on title page and foreedge, near fine. Place name dictionaries, also called gazetteers, were produced by local governments to normalize terms, provide etymological information, and usually included demographic and historical information as well, as this one does.

Seller Inventory # 66298

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ????????? / Shaanxisheng Xi'anshi dimingzhi [= Shaanxi Province Xi An City gazetteer]
• Publisher: Xi An Geographical Names Committee, Xian
• Publication Date: 1986
• Edition: 1st Edition