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1. 15406.a.33 (2)

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15406.a.33 (2)
Title:
Edict of Jiaqing 25 (1820) [Chinese]
Scope & Content:
An edict, in Chinese, printed on a large yellow sheet with a decorative dragon border. The edict is the last testament of the Jiaqing Emperor, dated Jiaqing 25, 7th month, 25th day (2 September 1820), the day of his death. It surveys the dying Emperor's reign, pardons his brother, and announces ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 large sheet (2 of 2)

2. Add MS 5292

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
The first of three volumes which contain watercolours of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits by an unknown Chinese artists from Xiamen, known to Europeans at the time as Emuy or Amoy. Drawings of costumes that were also contained in this volume, were transferred to the British Museum Department o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 5293

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
The second of three volumes which contain watercolours of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits by an unknown Chinese artists from Xiamen, known to Europeans at the time as Emuy or Amoy. Drawings of costumes that were also contained in this volume, were transferred to the British Museum Department ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 12341

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Title:
Yogyakarta court records
Scope & Content:
Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, ranging in date from AJ 1713 to 1739 (AD 1786 to 1812). F.89r contai...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, and Javanese
Date Range:
1786-1812
Extent:
1 volume; 319 folios

5. Add MS 16281

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Title:
Genealogy of the Wang family during 34 generations.
Scope & Content:
[Yin xian] xu xiu Wang shi zong pu. [鄞縣]續修王氏宗譜三卷. Genealogy of the Wang family by Chen Hongsheng. The genealogy includes thirty-four generations, traced up to the Tang dynasty. The work is arranged in three parts, the last of which contains portraits of the chief dignitaries of this family....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1782
Extent:
1 item (148 folios)

6. Add MS 16282

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Title:
Huang ming jing ji lu. 皇明經濟錄四卷. [Records of the political institutions of the Ming dynasty].
Scope & Content:
Huang ming jing ji lu. 皇明經濟錄四卷. Records of the political institutions of the Ming dynasty in a series of Official Papers, from the 14th to the 16th century, arranged according to subjects. Each paper bears the name of its author. In four parts.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item (457 folios)

7. Add MS 16283

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Title:
'An Nam Chii Lược' (Sketches of Annam by Lê Tắc)
Scope & Content:
The oldest known example of a history written in Hán (classical Chinese) by a private individual as distinct from official history. Lê Tắc, a former Vietnamese official from Nghệ An, wrote this piece in China after he went there with the Mongol invaders in 1285.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

7 volumes

8. Add MS 16284

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Title:
Chen wen gong gong feng su tiao yue. Jiangsu qian cao jie lve. 陳文恭公風俗條約一卷. 江蘇錢漕節略一卷.
Scope & Content:
The management of affairs of the Jiangsu Province; compiled by a Deputy-Governor in 1759. Këang-Soo tsëen tseih leo, a short essay on the finances of Këang-Soo. Small Quarto.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1759
Extent:
1 item (20 folios).

9. Add MS 16285

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Scope & Content:
HEA YUH S0 TAN. A discourse on distant frontiers, or countries, such as Chinese Tartary, Chinese Turkestan, and Great Russia, by Chwang yuen che. In five books. Quarto. [16,285.] Empire of China: Discourse on distant frontiersby Chang Yuan che.: Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 16286

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Scope & Content:
TAE HOO TOO SHWO, a description of the lake Tae, and the town of the same name, situated near the city of Soo-chow-foo, in the province of Këang-nan. Quarto. [16,286.] Tae, Lake and Town, China: Description in Chinese.: Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

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