How much is Guangxu's six-year book worth?

Jane's book is a good book. The original concept of rare books refers to books that have been strictly collated and have no mistakes. Before printing appeared, books were mostly written by hand. Carefully write down manuscripts or other books, and after checking with the original, it becomes a rare book. After the Tang Dynasty, woodblock printing appeared, and the concept of "edition" began to appear in books. Different versions of books have different documents and different collations, so there are whole books and residual books, excellent books and inferior books; Different versions of books appear at different times in the morning and evening, and their rarity is also different, so there are differences between ancient books and modern books, and there are differences between orphans and duplicates. The connotation of rare books has also expanded than before. Later, many scholars summed up the concept of rare books, and finally formed the current universal theory of "three natures" and "nine articles". The "three characteristics" of rare books mean that books should have high historical relics, academic materials and artistic reproducibility. The "Nine Articles" of rare books mainly include: books engraved and copied before the Yuan Dynasty; Books carved and copied in Ming Dynasty; There were few woodcuts and manuscripts before Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. Books published by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the peasant revolutionary regimes of past dynasties; Before the Revolution of 1911, there were original opinions or manuscripts with school characteristics in academic research, and there were also rare versions and manuscripts. Manuscripts that reflect a certain period, a certain field or an event before the Revolution of 1911, as well as rarely circulated engravings and manuscripts; Before the Revolution of 1911, famous scholars recognized, inscribed or recorded printed copies and transcripts with reference value recognized by predecessors; Printing can reflect the development of ancient printing, all kinds of movable type printed books, overprint printed books or block printed books, with exquisite proofreading prints and illustrations; The printed spectrum of Ming Dynasty, the printed spectrum of ancient collections in Qing Dynasty, famous seal cutting plates and unique calligraphy inscriptions. The lower age limit of rare books is now generally determined in the sixty years of Qing Qianlong.

Scholars and bibliophiles of past dynasties have put forward different views on specific standards, and Zhang Zhidong's view in the late Qing Dynasty is more representative. Zhang explained the meaning of rare books from three aspects:

One said the book was full, not rolled and not cut.

Second, fine books, fine proofreading and fine notes.

Third, old books are copied from old books.

One or two of them are put forward from the perspective of book content and collation, and the third one is put forward from the perspective of edition age. On the basis of predecessors, modern typesetters put forward the "three principles" of rare books, namely, historical relics, academic materials and artistic reproduction.

It is popular to sell ancient books in the market now, but the ancient books in Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties are rare and hard to see, so most of them are books from the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China.

According to the author's many years of practical experience, there are the following points for reference.

First of all, we should know the editions of books in Qing dynasty, which can be roughly divided into four categories: Neifu engraving, official engraving, private engraving and Fang engraving. Neifu engraving mainly refers to Wuyingtang engraving; Official engraving mainly refers to the engraving of schools and academies in various provinces, prefectures and counties; Private engraving mainly refers to private engraving; Square engraving refers to the engraving of libraries, such as Suzhou Sweep Leaf Mountain Hall, Yangzhou Civil Servant Hall, Ningbo Qunyushan Hall, Anhui Tunxi Rugu Hall, Jinling Kuibizhai, etc.

Second, we should grasp the characteristics of books in Qing Dynasty. Most of the woodcuts in the early Qing Dynasty had the legacy of the Ming Dynasty, and the fonts were slender and heavy. Such as Shunzhi's block-printed Shen Jiaji and Mei Cun Ji. After Kangxi, it was mostly hardware words and software words. Hardware words are imitation of Song Dynasty; Soft characters are writing styles, such as Banqiao Collection, Green Window Draft, Poem of Empress Dowager Yang, etc.

Third, you should know something about the paper of books in Qing Dynasty. Mostly open paper, cotton paper, yellow paper, wool paper, wool paper and so on. , dark yellow in color, soft and durable in paper.

Fourth, we should distinguish the layout of books in Qing Dynasty. Generally speaking, it is mostly bilateral, but also bilateral and unilateral. There are more white mouths and less black mouths, and the binding is mostly thread-bound.

In short, in addition to the above aspects, we should also pay attention to whether the author of the book is consistent with the year of completion, which is also an important part of identifying the authenticity of ancient books in the Qing Dynasty.

Based on the above knowledge, you can first identify the level of your book and check whether there are any auction records in the market in recent years. Check again to see if it's an orphan. Looking for a professional to identify the specific value, it is impossible to judge the exact value in one sentence.