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Add MS 15503
- Record Id:
- 032-002087273
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087273
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x0002c9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15503
- Title:
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[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:
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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
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Chinese Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087273
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002087273
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item (275 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Chinese
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Access:
-
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- Access Date:
- 28/11/2019
- User Conditions:
- Stable conditions.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: ink on paper.
Dimensions: 208 x 302 mm
Binding: Western binding
Covers: beige leather cover, with spine partially red, with golden letters.
- Custodial History:
- From the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Museum Britannicum stamps present.
- Former Internal References:
- 462. d
463 II
Or.40.B.g - Administrative Context:
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Handwritten note in pen on the item reports: Transferred from the Print Room by Order of Committee, 5th of April 1845.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Empire of China
Seymour, Edward, Earl of Hertford