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.

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The inventor of the numeral-type for China / by the use of which illiterate Chinese both blind and sighted can very quickly be taught to read and write fluently
Title:
The inventor of the numeral-type for China / by the use of which illiterate Chinese both blind and sighted can very quickly be taught to read and write fluently
Creator:
Gordon Cumming, C. F. (Constance Frederica), 1837-1924
Date:
1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Across Mongolian plains : a naturalist's account of China's "great northwest"
Title:
Across Mongolian plains : a naturalist's account of China's "great northwest"
Creator:
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
China at the conference : a report
Title:
China at the conference : a report
Creator:
Willoughby, Westel Woodbury, 1867-1945
Date:
1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The opium monopoly
Title:
The opium monopoly
Creator:
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961
Date:
1920
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Statistics of trade at the port of Amoy, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Amoy, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Xiamen, for the period 1863-1872
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
My Chinese days
Title:
My Chinese days
Creator:
Alsop, Gulielma Fell, 1881-1978
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Title:
Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Alternative Title:
12 years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Creator:
Scarth, John
Date:
1860
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
A year in China, 1899-1900
Title:
A year in China, 1899-1900
Creator:
Mersey, Charles Clive Bigham, Viscount, 1872-1956
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
China
Title:
China
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1887
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
The French in Tonkin and South China
Title:
The French in Tonkin and South China
Creator:
Cunningham, Alfred, 1870-1918
Date:
[1902]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China