Rare Books on China & East Asia

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The Library has been digitising its rare books located in the Special Collections with the purpose to promote resource sharing via online access of its full-text. To give users a glimpse of the Chinese and East Asian cultures and histories in western eyes between 18th and early 20th century, this collection contains the rare books on China and East Asia which were mainly published in western countries between 1704 and 1922. Users can also browse different topics by its subcollection including Chinese Literature, Missionary, Religions in China, Social Life and Customs in China, Statistics of China Commerce, Travel in China, etc.

Works (269)

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Old Chinese porcelain
Title:
Old Chinese porcelain
Alternative Title:
Masterpieces of handicraft. First series, Old china
Alternative Title:
Masterpieces of handicraft ; v2
Creator:
Mew, Egan
Date:
[1909]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Title:
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Creator:
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
A Mandarin primer
Title:
A Mandarin primer
Alternative Title:
英華合璧
Creator:
Baller, F. W. (Frederick William), 1852-1922
Date:
1911
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
Japan in art and industry : with a glance at Japanese manners and customs
Title:
Japan in art and industry : with a glance at Japanese manners and customs
Creator:
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907
Date:
c1892
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Lhasa and its mysteries, with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904
Title:
Lhasa and its mysteries, with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904
Creator:
Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938
Date:
1905
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Returns of trade at the port of Amoy, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Amoy, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Amoy
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Shanghai
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Ningpo
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce