The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, Second Collection

original: 芥子園畵傳二集 (Jieziyuan Huazhuan Erji). This manual, first published in the early Qing Dynasty, is the most famous instructional book on Chinese landscape and figure painting, serving as a primary textbook for artists for centuries.

Manual of Orchids

original: 蘭譜 (Lanpu). In Chinese art, the orchid is celebrated as one of the "Four Gentlemen" (alongside the plum, bamboo, and chrysanthemum), representing scholar-officials' refined taste and moral integrity.

Volume One

original: 册上 (Ce shang). This indicates the first part of the orchid manual.

These are institutional stamps indicating the volume is part of the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art collection.