Collection Items
-
Book/Printed MaterialRenati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiae
Des Cartes philosophia René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientific thinker, and philosopher who made important contributions to mathematics, optics, epistemology, and other fields that helped to shape how the modern world came to…- Contributor: Elzevir, Louis - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Descartes, René - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1644
Resources: View All Pages | PDF View All Pages | PDF
-
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialShou zhe zhuan : san juan
壽者傳 : 三卷 / Although Chen Maoren is cited as author, the "Si ku quan shu zong mu" declared that the six chapters he composed are not found in this work; included are sixty-two biographies and…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Chen, Maoren
- Date: 1644
-
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialJiang bei liang tai zhang mu : bu fen juan
江北糧臺賬目 : 不分卷 | Jiang bei liang tai ji fa guan bing ling xiang shu mu | Jiang bei liang tai ban li bao xiao di an Jiang bei liang tai zhang mu: bu fen juan (Accounts of the Jiangbei grain office) is a manuscript copy from the Qing dynasty, in two volumes, by an unknown author. The title…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1644
-
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLi dai zheng run kao : si juan
歷代正閏考 : 四卷 / This work, in four juan and four volumes, is a manuscript edition without prefaces or postscripts. The author, Shen Defu (1578-1642), lived during the Ming dynasty. A native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province,…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Shen, Defu
- Date: 1644
-
Book/Printed MaterialJiang ning bu zheng si shu fu ting zhou xian yu di quan tu
江寧布政司屬府廳州縣輿地全圖 Jiangning was designated a province in the 25th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty (1760). The provincial administrative government was established under the supervision of the governor-general of two…- Date: 1644-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 132
-
Book/Printed MaterialJiangsu zhi Beijing Yunhe quan tu
江蘇至北京運河全圖 Jiangsu zhi Beijing yun he quan tu (A complete view of the canal from Jiangsu to Beijing) is made of a long continuous sheet of paper folded into accordion-like leaves. It has…- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 13
-
Book/Printed MaterialQi qi tu shui
奇器圖說 Qi qi tu shuo (Illustrations and explanations of wonderful machines) is the first Chinese translation of a work that introduced Western mechanics and machine engineering to China. It was dictated by Deng…- Contributor: Terentius, Joannes - Wang, Zheng
- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 80
-
Book/Printed MaterialHuang He fang xian tu
黃河防險圖 This work is bound in accordion pleat-like leaves, in 15 folded sheets. The illustrations show the locations of flood prevention works along the Yellow River in Henan Province. Included are dykes and…- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 10
-
Book/Printed MaterialYu Sheng Huang He sao ba qing xing quan tu
豫省黃河埽垻情形全圖 This Qing-dynasty atlas painted in color is formatted in accordion pleat-like leaves, in 21 folded sheets. The directions used in the maps are the exact opposite of those commonly used, that is,…- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 14
-
Book/Printed MaterialSan guo zhi tu xiang
三國志圖像 Sanguo yan yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), written by Luo Guanzhong (circa 1330--1400), a late-Yuan and early-Ming author, is a historical novel set in the third century, in the turbulent years…- Contributor: Luo, Guangzhong
- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 127
-
Book/Printed MaterialYong huai tang xin bian shi cuo ren chun deng mi ji
詠怀堂新编十错认春灯谜记 Ruan Dacheng (circa 1587--1646) was a well-known late-Ming poet and dramatist from an influential family in Huaining, Anhui Province, and also a corrupt politician of unsavory reputation. He received his jin shi…- Contributor: Ruan, Dacheng
- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 8
-
Book/Printed MaterialXi yang xin fa li shu
西洋新法曆書 Xu Guangqi (1562--1633), a scholar and official, was a native of Shanghai. He came into contact with Christianity in 1596, later met the Jesuit missionaries Matteo Ricci and João da Rocha in…- Contributor: Xu, Guangqi
- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 34
-
Book/Printed MaterialTui bei tu
推背圖 The title Tui bei tu (An illustrated prophecy book), literally translated as "The back-pushing drawing," is attributed to two Tang-dynasty astronomers and historians, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, during the reign of…- Contributor: LI, Chunfeng, 602-670 - Yuan, Tiangang, Died 627
- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 32
-
MapShandong tong sheng yun he quan yuan shui li quan tu
山东通省运河泉源水利全图 This map, folded as in accordion pleating, a style also known as sutra binding, has no frames on the pages. Executed in the traditional Chinese painting style, the map depicts the Grand…- Date: 1644
- Resource: PDF - 11
-
