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Place China, Asia Level [32] Fonds

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

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Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. Add MS 5253

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Add MS 5253
Title:
'Collections of Costumes of various nations, Chiefly Indian; Chinese Buildings, &c.', from the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Drawings of inhabitants of several parts of the world from a variety of sources. Drawings 1-2, 8-11, 14-17, 23-25 and 28-29 are associated with the traveller and artist, John White (fl. 1577-1593). Hans Sloane commissioned watercolour copies from an album now in the British Museum Prints &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (78 drawings)

3. Add MS 8803

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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

4. Add MS 10592

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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)

5. Add MS 11688

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Add MS 11688
Title:
CHINESE HISTORIE, offte vertlooning der keÿsers, en jene keÿserin die 'tsedert de 1078 jaren naar den anderen in het rÿk van China geregeent hebben, en waar van de ondervolgende schilder printjes gemaakt, mitsgaders volgens der Chinesen beschrÿving van tÿt tot tÿt, tot op de regering vanden present tot China regerende keÿser, en Tartar Kong-gÿ [1661-1723] voor waaragtig bevonden zÿn, en gehouden werden, etc.; illustrated with paintings. xviiith cent. Quarto. [11,688.]
Scope & Content:
China: Chinese History to about the year: 1720: in Dutch.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 11703

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Add MS 11703
Title:
SUPPLÉMENT à la Géographie Impériale intitulée, Tae tsing yih tung che. Par M. Henri Jules Klaproth. Autogr. Folio. [11,703.]
Scope & Content:
Henri Jules Klaproth: Supplément à la Géographie Imperiale. China: Supplément à la Géographie Impériale de la Chine, par H. J. Klaproth.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 11704

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Title:
HISTORISCHER Atlas von China, in ein und zwanzig Karten, von H. J. Klaproth, 1821 [only the explanatory text];-Geographical nomenclature of the country of the Mongols, Kalkas, etc., by M. Klaproth. Autogr. Folio. [11,704.]
Scope & Content:
Mongols: Geographical nomenclature of the country of the Mongols, Kalkas, etc. by H. J. Klaproth. Maps and Charts: Collection of maps of China, drawn by H. J. Klaproth. Henri Jules Klaproth: Geographical nomenclature of the Country of the Mongols, Kalkas, etc. Henri Jules Klaproth: Historisch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 11705

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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.

9. Add MS 11706

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Add MS 11706
Title:
中國和韃靼局部地圖集 中国和鞑靼局部地图集 Zhongguo he dada ju bu di tu ji [Atlas containing European maps of parts of China and of Tartary]
Scope & Content:
Tartary: Maps of Chinese and Northern Tartary. Maps and Charts: Map of the province of Omsk, in N. Tartary, and of the central north of Mongolia, by H. J. Klaproth. Maps and Charts: Map of Chinese Tartary, with notes by H. J. Klaproth. Maps and Charts: Original map of Cochin China, drawn by t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Manchu
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 item (7 maps bound into one volume)

10. Add MS 11746

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Add MS 11746
Title:
Bo re bo luo mi duo xin jing, Jin gang bo re bo luo mi jing. 般若波羅蜜多心經一卷, 金剛般若波羅蜜經一卷. Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra with illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa.
Scope & Content:
China: Buddhist sutras and illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa (or Bodhi tree). Buddhists: Sacred Books: written in Chinese. Diamond Sutra and Heart Sutra. Inscription on the cover: ‘Wu Liang Shou Fo' (Buddha of Immeasurable Long Life).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

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