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Name Empire of China Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 12183

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Title:
A SERIES Of Maps, forty-two in number, comprising the several provinces of China; with a synoptical map of the whole empire; drawn by a Chinese band. Folio. [12,183.]
Scope & Content:
Empire of China: Maps of and of its provinces.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 12559

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Title:
A COLLECTION of Chinese documents, consisting chiefly of Reports, Inventories of government stores, etc. from the official functionaries at Tinghae, in the island of Chusan, dated between the 28th year of the reign of Keen lung, [A.D. 1707,] and the 15th year of Taon kwang, [A.D. 1836.] Folio. [12,559.] Presented by Mr. Henry Bohn.
Scope & Content:
Empire of China: Collection of Chinese documents: 1707 -1836.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1707-1836
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 13962

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Title:
A CHINESE Lexicon, with explanations in Portuguese. xviiith cent. Duodecimo. [13,962.]
Scope & Content:
Empire of China: Lexicon, with explanations in Portuguese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 13977

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Title:
PAPELES VARIOS de Indias ; a similar collection of Papers in Spanish, relating to the following subjects :- Copies of the bulls of Alexander VI. and Paul III., conveying the sovereignty of the Indies to the kings of Spain, 1493, 1537, with a translation of the former, f. 1 ;-Description of the Spanish dominions in the East and West Indies, 1629, f. 14;-Papers relating to the mines of Potosi, 1627, f 53 ;- General description and statistics of Spanish America, f. 71 ;-The mines of Peru, 1...
Scope & Content:
California, N. America: Papers relating to: 1632, 1645, 1765 1800.: Span. Don Bernardo Sarmiento: Decree relative to: 1625.: Span.: Printed. South America: Papers relating to, of the xviith and xviiith cents. many of which are addressed to D. Bernardo de Yriarte.: Span. includes: f. 1 Alexan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1589-1648
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 14420

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Title:
A COLLECTION of papers in Chinese, consisting of several Wan chang or Themes on different subjects; a paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer; three Envelopes of despatches from the authorities at Ningpo ; a Proclamation issued by Ya, governor-general of the provinces of Keang nan and Keang ne, to punish persons spreading reports of the victories of the English, 1841, etc. Small Folio. [14,420]
Scope & Content:
Ya, Governor General of the Provinces of Keang-nan and Keang-ne: Proclamation by: 1841.: Chinese. Empire of China: Collection of papers in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 14841

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Title:
Coloured drawings of Chinese deities by Chinese artists, with the names in Chinese. [Cai hui shen xiang ji]. [彩繪神像集].
Scope & Content:
Chinese drawings illustrating Buddhist and Taoist deities, in a combination of religious drama and religious figure painting. The second half of the item shows handwritten captions of the images, in the hand of Tsaou Seensang. 23 drawings. 10 drawings are covering two pages (465 x 443 mm). T...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1844
Extent:
1 volume (23 folios)

7. Add MS 14842

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Title:
Two letters in Chinese, with envelopes. [Chen guo sheng xin zha]. [陳囯陞信札].
Scope & Content:
Two letters in Chinese on white and pink paper, with their envelopes.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 15203

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Title:
A CHINESE tract, intitled Fuh luh shen king; Grateful offering for blessings received; apparently an oblation paper addressed to Fo; dated in the 19th regnal year of the epoch Taou Kwang [1839 - 1840]. Quarto. [15,203.] Presented by Lieut. Butler, 55th Regiment.
Scope & Content:
Empire of China: Tract in Chinese, intitled Fuh luh shen king.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1839-1840]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 15503

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Title:
[Zhongguo dong zhi wu tu hui]. [中國動植物圖繪]. A volume of colour drawings of Chinese animals, birds, insects, fishes, reptiles, plants, with names in Chinese. From the Sloane Collection. Reported on the spine: Drawings of Chinese animals, plants, etc. Mus. Brit. 15,503 Plut.
Scope & Content:
Album of coloured drawings of Chinese flora and fauna with a total of 1096 illustrations and captions in Chinese for each figure. Some notes added in pencil are an attempt to describe the illustrations with Latin or English names. From the Sloane collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item (275 folios)

10. Add MS 15527

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Title:
DRAWINGS of flowers, insects, and birds, by Chinese artists. xviiith cent. Quarto. [15,527.]
Scope & Content:
Empire of China: Drawings of Chinese Deities, the costume, manners, animals, flowers, insects, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item