Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan.

  • Walravens, Hartmut.
Date:
1994
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Credit: Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    í W # « IE Caption: Chi-nan Wang Hsiang-chin Chin-ch'en fu tsuan. Yii-shan Mao Feng-pao Tzu-chin fu chiao-cheng. Ms. note: republished 1708. 8 lines per page. m m m # m m SfflISS m m ñ ffi M TE llílíi 74 i title-page: Hua-chîng. Yiian-lin ya-k'o. Hsi-hu Ch'en Fu-yao hui-chi. K'ang-hsi wu-ch'en (1688) kuei-yiieh Hsi- hu hua-yin-weng Ch'en Hao-tzu man t'i 4 pen = 6 ch. Ref.: SOAS: c.901.h.l; BL: 15258.f.8 (Peking: Chung-hua shu-chü, 1956); 15254 .c .1 (1880?). Kuroda, 825, #4 (Wen-chih-t'ang ed.). Ref.: Wylie, 152; Amano, p.269-270; Chung-i ta-tz'u-tien, 1; Chung-kuo nung- hsüeh shu-lutMV-lüO', Courant 5480- 5483 (gives contents); Bretschneider 1,70. SOAS: c.361.10.3 [edn. 1702, fragment]; BL: 15255.a.l (18th century, Shu-yeh- t'ang edn., 24 ch.). The Assembly of Perfumes by Wang Hsiang-chin, originally published in 1630, one of the best known books on botany and agriculture. The present edition is newly engraved by the Erh-ju- t'ang. The printing blocks were kept by the Wen-fu-t'ang. An enlarged version was published in 1708 by Wang Hao: Kuang ch 'iin-fangp 'u. This book also contains a pharmacology section ( li-pu, ts'e 3-5). fig■ 74 The Flower Mirror, a botanical treatise by Ch'en Hao-tzu, first published in 1688. The title is also quoted as Pi-ch 'uan Hua- ching. There is a translation by J. Halpen: Miroir des fleurs. Guide pratique du jardinier amateur en Chinese au 17e siècle. Paris: Pion 1900. 22 (19.5) X 13.5 (11.5) cm. Provenance unknown. k . 23 (19) x 16 (13.5) cm. Presented by Dr Wenyon, April 1921.
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