FU0ZC1 Fu Xuancong and Xie Zhuohua: ZHONGGUO CANGSHU TONGSHI. (A General History of Book Collections in China). Ningbo, 2001. 10, 1-636; 11, 637-1384 pp. Plus 32 pp. of colour and 32 pp. of b/w plates. 2 vols. 22x15 cm. Cloth. GBP 40.00 Very thorough chronological history of both public and private book collectors and collections, published in Ningbo and inspired, perhaps, by the existence there of the Tianyige, described as the oldest surviving private library in China. Much of interest for bibliographers and bibliophiles. In Chinese. Subjects: Bibliography Can be ordered in, as of: 01/09/2008 Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |