Man Han Xi xiang ji : si juan
滿漢西廂記 : 四卷 | Title on label on spine of case: Chao ben Man Han Xi xian ji | Man Han he bi Xi xiang ji | Chao ben Man Han Xi xian ji
This is a manuscript edition of the popular play Xi xiang ji (Romance of the west chamber) by Wang Shifu (circa 1250-1307), a Yuan dynasty playwright about whom little is known. Fourteen…
Contributor:
Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Shifu
Date:1765
Book/Printed Material
Almanac of Saint-Domingue for the Year 1765, with the Names of the Public Officials in the …
Almanach de Saint Domingue pour l'année 1765. Contenant les noms des personnes en place dans la colonie
This almanac of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) for the year 1765 was published by the firm of Antoine Marie, official printers for the colony, in Cap-Français (present-day Cap-Haïtien). The…
Catechism of the Diocese of Sens.
Catéchisme du diocese de Sens (Catechism of the diocese of Sens) was printed in 1765 by order of Jean Joseph Languet, Archbishop of Sens (1677--1753), and used in the Diocese of Quebec…
Arabian Gulf or Red Sea.
Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge
This map, "Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge" (Arabian Gulf or Red Sea), by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was published in Paris in 1765. It is a very large copperplate engraved map of…
Mitate-e : Crossing at Sano.
Suzuki Harunobu (circa 1725--70) was a master of ukiyo-e in Edo (present-day Tokyo) and the key figure in developing nishiki-e (Japanese multicolored woodblock prints), such as this one. It shows a young…
Storming the Encampment at Gadan-Ola.
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Contributor:
Castiglione, Giuseppe, 1616 - Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe
Pacifying and Receiving the Surrender of Yili.
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Contributor:
Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe - Sichelbart, Ignatius
The Great Victory at Qurman.
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Contributor:
Sallusti, Jean-Damascène, 1781 - Saint-Aubin, Augustin De
Lifting the Siege of the Black River.
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Contributor:
Castiglione, Giuseppe, 1616 - Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe
The Battle of Arcul.
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…