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171. 19957.d.7

Reference (shelfmark):
19957.d.7
Title:
Manju Nikan Si siyang gi bithe ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠨᠢᡣᠠᠨ ᠰᠢ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᡢ ᡤᡞ ᠪᡞᡨ᠌ᡥᡝ He bi Xi xiang ji 合璧西廂記
Scope & Content:
A bilingual edition, in Manchu and Chinese, of the Xi xiang ji (西廂記) of 1710. The title page mentions the publisher, the Wensheng tang (文盛堂) and the preface is dated Kangxi 49 (1710). Margin title: Man Han Xi xiang ji (滿漢西廂記).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:
1710
Extent:

4 fasciculi in a slipcase; 4 juan (卷)

172. 19957.d.8

Reference (shelfmark):
19957.d.8
Title:
Manju Nikan Si siyang gi bithe ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠨᠢᡣᠠᠨ ᠰᠢ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᡢ ᡤᡞ ᠪᡞᡨ᠌ᡥᡝ He bi Xi xiang ji 合璧西廂記
Scope & Content:
A bilingual edition, in Manchu and Chinese, of the Xi xiang ji (西廂記) of 1710. The preface is dated Kangxi 49 (1710). The title page is missing. Juan (卷) numbers are given in Manchu only.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:
1710
Extent:

4 fasciculi in 1 box [tao 套]; 4 juan (卷)

173. Add MS 5232

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5232
Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

174. Add MS 5292

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5292
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

175. Add MS 5292-5294

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5292-5294
Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
Three volumes of drawings of flowers, plants and fruits by unknown Chinese artists, commissioned by James Cuninghame [Cunningham].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:
3 volumes

176. Add MS 5293

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5293
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

177. Add MS 5304

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5304
Title:
Chinese drawings of plants, with their Chinese names
Scope & Content:
In 6 parts, bound in traditional Chinese reading order, from right to left. Part 1: 96 drawings. Part 2: 103 drawings. Part 3: 102 drawings. Part 4: 101 drawings. Part 5: 101 drawings. Part 6: 97 drawings. Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Digitised with support from the Oak S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

178. Add MS 8803

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8803
Title:
MATTEO RICCI: Treatise on Friendship; 1595-1599, 1724. Chinese, Italian, and Latin. Autograph. A collection of moral sentences from ancient Western authors put together and translated into Chinese by father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the famous Jesuit missionary, in Nanchang at the end of 1595, and dedicated to Qian Zhai, prince of Jian'an (Jian'an wang). Ricci's main literary source was probably the 5th edition of Andrea de Rèsende, Sententiae et exempla ex probatissimis quibusque scriptorib...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled brown calf, with original xylographic pastedowns: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 7-29v Matteo Ricci, Jesuit and mathematician: Treatise on Friendship: 1595-1599: Chinese and Ital: autogr. ff. 33-34 M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1595-1724
Extent:
1 item

179. Add MS 10592

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 10592
Title:
Vignettes representing manifestations of Buddhist Saints. [Pu ti ye cai hui fo xiang ji]. [菩提葉彩繪佛像集]. Concertina volume with illustrations on leaves of the ficus religiosa, containing vignettes of manifestations of Buddhist saints (or Luohans) and descriptions of the illustrations on the left side of each picture.
Scope & Content:
China: Colored drawings executed in China, on leaves of ficus religiosa, or Bodhi tree. Buddhists: manifestations of Buddhist saints: written in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

180. Add MS 11705

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11705
Title:
內府輿地圖 内府舆地图 Nei fu yu di tu ‘Cartes de la Chine’
Scope & Content:
A collection of Maps of China, drawn by M. Klaproth, from Chinese authorities, with the names translated by him partly into German, partly into French.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, French, and German
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios) with 352 maps.

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