邓石如隶书 / Deng Shiru li shu [= Deng Shiru's clerical script]

[n.p., 1960. 9.5 x 6.5 in, pp. [10]; each page with a calligraphy rubbing sheet tipped in being excerpts of Deng Shiru's Lishu Biography of Taiyuan; stab stitched binding with blue paper wrappers, title label on upper wrapper; paper darkened, wrappers soiled, good and sound. Deng Shiru (1739/1743–1805) was a pioneer of calligraphy. He was born into a poor family and eventually earned a living as a calligrapher and seal carver. His integration of both seal and clerical script created an unique form and birthed its own school. "Sha Menghai's 'Calligraphy in the Past Three Hundred Years' states: 'Among the calligraphers in the Qing Dynasty, the one who was generally recognized as the most outstanding one was not Liu Yong, a scholar of the Dongge, nor Weng Fanggang, a scholar of the Neige, but Deng Shiru, the man with a rattan stick and straw sandals.' (Inventory #: 69177)