Baoyanzhai yinpu 寶硯齋印譜

Baoyanzhai yinpu 寶硯齋印譜 is a seal album of the "Studio of Precious Inkstones" compiled during the early Qing period 清 (1644-1911) by the seal carver Lin Hao 林皋 (b. 1657), courtesy name Hetian 鶴田 (寉田) or Hedian 鶴顛, later Xueqi 學憩, from Putian 莆田, Fujian. Lin also compiled the catalogue Hetian yinpu 鶴田印譜.

Figure 1. Seal imprints from the Baoyanzhai yinpu 寶硯齋印譜

From Guangming zhi men 光明之門.

The book has a length of 4 volumes and presents the imprints of more than 140 carved by Lin. Each page includes between two and eight seals, but without transcription into regular script. Most items bear names, titles, studio names, or mottos and quotations from literature. The catalogue is introduced by several prefaces, some of them written by famous scholars like Xu Qianxue 徐乾學 (1631-1694). It was printed in 1712.

Another edition in just one volume was printed in 1692.