Qin ding gu jin tu shu ji cheng jian ming mu lu, 欽定古今圖書集成簡明目錄
Scope & Content:
Table of the headings in the Qing ding gu jing tu shu ji cheng encyclopedia with references to each chapter. The spine reports "Manuscript index to Koo Kin Too Shoo Tseih Ch'ing", British Museum, Oriental.
A classified vocabulary, arranged by subject. In Manchu, Chinese, and Oirat. The Oirat is written in todo script, an adaptation of the Mongolian script which was developed in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist lama, Zaya Pandita. Pagination: part 1, folios 1-131; part 2, folios 132-203; part 3, folios 2...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Manchu, and Oirat
Date Range:
after 1648
Extent:
1 volume (4 parts bound together in one case. 443 folios in total)