The following collection of Chinese Manuscripts and Maps, from No. 16,281 to No. 16,365 inclusive, was presented by the Right Hon. Earl of Aberdeen, when Secretary of State. They formed part of the library of Dr. Morrison.
OFFICIAL ADMONITIONS and Instructions, addressed to local populations by Prefects, or Che-foos, chiefly for the repression of crime, and the apprehension of vagabonds;-A series of imperial mandates, issued under the Manchu or Tsing dynasty for the same purpose. Two parts. bound in one volume. Small Quarto. [16,296, 16,297]
TSA-TSZE, " Mixed characters;" a copy-book, containing moral maxims in prose and verse, arithmetical tables, and other exercises for youth. Dated in the cyclical year jin woo [A.D. 1762 ?] Small Quarto. [16,353.] China: Moral maxims, etc.: Chinese.
A TREATISE on magic, witchcraft, and divination, according to the demonology of the Taou sect. This volume contains only the 23rd book. Small Folio. [16,333.] Magic: Treatise on magic, witchcraft and divination.: Chinese.
TSAE SEANG CHIN SIN, a medical treatise by Le-tze-tsac, of Yun-Këen, a district and town of the province of Keang-Nan. Small Quarto. [16,336.] Medicine: Treatise on in Chinese by Letze-tsae.: Chinese.
SERIES Of short instructions concerning public officers in all the branches of general and local government; very carelessly written in the Tsaou band. Small Quarto. [16,351.] Empire of China: Instructions concerning public officers.: Chinese.
Genealogy of the Wang family during 34 generations.
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[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....