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Compared with a song edition book that can easily cost millions, the price of the Qing edition book is undoubtedly lower, and some Qing edition books can even be bought for a few hundred dollars.

After all, by the Qing Dynasty, printing had become popular, and printing costs were much lower. The most important thing is that compared with the Song edition books seven or eight hundred years ago, the Qing edition books that are only three or four hundred years ago are much more preserved.

The quality of this Qing edition book is still fair, according to Yang Jing's judgment, the quality of this book should be up to the eighth or fifth grade.

This volume is about seventy or eighty pages long. The title of the book is written on the cover - Miscellaneous Talks of the Ancients, and the author's name is on the lower left - Liu Zheng.

Obviously, this should be a book introducing the ancients.

But neither the title nor the author, Yang Jing has never heard of it.

Seeing Yang Jing looking at the cover, the shop owner said: This book should be a book published by the people during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. After I collected this book, I specifically inquired about the author. According to my It has been verified that Liu Zheng, whose surname is Shi Qi, is a native of Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces, and he was a Juren in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.

Although Liu Zheng and Liu Shiqi are not famous people, since the boss can confirm that he is the Juren of the 42nd year of Kangxi, then this book must be from the Kangxi period. The most important thing is that this book can still maintain the quality of the eighth and fifth grades, which is relatively rare.

Yang Jing carefully opened the first page, and what caught his eyes was the name of Han Yu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

It took less than two pages to introduce Han Yu, followed by introductions by Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi and others.

It wasn't until here that Yang Jing realized that this book should be a book that was compiled out of boredom by an unwilling scholar or Juren in the Qing Dynasty to introduce famous literati in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties. Its function is a bit similar to Baidu Encyclopedia, the character of Du Niang now.

At this time, Yang Jing's phone rang, and it was the old uncle calling.

Uncle, you can go around with grandpa first, I'll take a look at the store just now, and I'll go find you later.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Jing continued to read the book.

The book was compiled well, but the most important thing is that Yang Jing found that this book should not be an ordinary Qing edition book, but a block edition.

Among the ancient books, whether it is the Song version, the Ming version, or the worthless Qing version, they all include engraving, movable type, hand copying, etc., but the most valuable is the engraved version.

The so-called engraved edition refers specifically to books printed by woodblock printing. Take the most valuable Song edition as an example. If the Song edition is the crown of ancient rare books, then the Song edition is the brightest diamond in the crown.

In the same way, even if it is a worthless Qing edition book, if it is a rare block edition, its value may not be inferior to that of the Ming edition book.

Seeing that Yang Jing was a little moved, the shop owner smiled. How about it, little brother, do you see the difference in this book?

Yang Jing raised his head to look at the boss, gestured a thumbs up at the boss and said: Boss, your method is not simple, you can actually collect a clear engraved edition, but it's a pity, this book is not an official engraved edition, it's just A block-printed edition or a block-printed edition.

The shop owner said with a smile: Official engraved editions are not so easy to get. If they were official engraved editions, they would have been collected by museums long ago.

Yang Jing nodded, didn't speak any more, but continued to watch.

After a while, Yang Jing gently closed the book and said to the boss: Boss, this book is good, how much can you give it to me?

The boss said: Little brother, you have also seen that although this book is a clear edition, it cannot be compared with the Ming and Song editions, but the quality of my book is top-notch. Don't mention the clear edition now. Books, even books from the period of the Republic of China may not have such a good appearance. So if you want it, take it for five thousand.

After hearing this, Yang Jing shook his head slightly and said, Boss, the price is too high.

It's not high, it's not high. This is a Qing edition from the Kangxi period in such good condition. Although it's not an official edition, the price is definitely not high for this book.

Yang Jing smiled and said: Boss, if this book is really a Qing engraved edition from the Kangxi period, even if it is a family engraved edition or a workshop engraved edition, I will take it at this price without further ado. It is a pity that your book is not a Kangxi engraved edition. If I am not mistaken, this book should be from the Guangxu period.

What? It's from the Guangxu period? Impossible! I'm sure the author of this book is from the Kangxi period. How could it be from the Guangxu period? The boss was a little anxious.

Yang Jing said: Boss, you are specialized in ancient rare books, you should know that the true origin of a book cannot be judged only from the author, and you must also know the characteristics of the printed editions in the early Qing Dynasty, right?

The boss nodded, and was about to say something, but Yang Jing didn't give him a chance to speak, but directly opened the book, pointed to the words on it and said: The engraved version of the early Qing Dynasty, the font is still from the late Ming Dynasty. The style is rectangular, straight, thick and horizontal. After the Kangxi period, writing style and imitation Song style began to prevail. As for after Daoguang, the typefaces of block editions began to become dull, known as craftsman style. Look at the font of this book, do you think this font is the style of the late Ming Dynasty?

Although you can be sure that the author of this book is Juren in the 42nd year of Kangxi, the font of this book is dull and has no inspiration at all. It is a typical craftsman script in the late Qing Dynasty. How can such a block edition appear? During the Kangxi period? Such fonts would not even appear in the engraved editions of the Yongqian period.

When saying the following passage, Yang Jing kept looking at the shop owner. Sure enough, Yang Jing clearly caught the flash of panic in the shop owner's eyes.

At this time, Yang Jing was completely aware of it.

If Yang Jing's judgment is correct, the store owner should know that this book is a block copy of the late Qing Dynasty, but the store owner got a cover from somewhere, and then used the method of stealing the beam to replace the cover with this book. on the book.

There are a lot of things about this aspect in the antique world now. At any rate, this boss has a bit of conscience, at least he got a block copy from the late Qing Dynasty. If you change to a black-hearted boss, maybe he will use books from the Republic of China to fool you.

If you change to a customer with a little less basic skills, you may be surprised to ignore the font when you see that the author is from the Kangxi period and the book is a block edition.

After all, even if it is craftsman style, it does not look very different from the writing style of the Yongqian period or imitation Song style. Only those who are proficient in this aspect can see the difference between them.

Seeing Yang Jing's words were so sure, the shop owner knew that he had met an expert, so he asked with a wry smile, Then how much do you want to pay?

Yang Jing smiled and raised a finger

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