CHINESE BOOKS IN EUROPE IN THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY
NOTE: This document has been put together over a period of several decades. The
original intention was simply to list all the Chinese books that were in
the Bodleian Library by the end of the 17th century, many of which were
imported as curiosities from Chinese communities in Southeast Asia by the
Dutch East India Company at the very beginning of the century, and sold in
Amsterdam. Often, they were split up, so that fascicles of the same copy
can now be found in two or more different libraries. The late Professor
Piet van der Loon estimated that the Bodleian Library has as much as a
quarter (the largest single portion) of what may be termed this "Amsterdam
corpus".
Now, the list is serving as the basis for a survey not only of the entire
corpus, but of all the Chinese books that were in Europe before the close
of the 17th century. A number of scholars have added their discoveries and
observations to it. Their initials are set against their contributions:
AD -- Ad Dudink
AF -- Agnieszka Franczyk-Cegła
AW -- Andrew West
CA -- Charles Aylmer
CM -- Christiane Michaelis
CN -- Cristina Neagu
FW -- Frances Wood
GD -- Glen Dudbridge
GL -- Georg Lehner
JH -- Jonathan Harrison
KH -- Kerstin Herelius
KK -- Koos Kuiper
MS -- Mamtimyn Sunuodula
MT -- Marcel Thoms
NG -- Noël Golvers
NH -- Nicole Halsberghe
PL -- Piet van der Loon
RS -- Roel Sterckx
SM -- Scott Mandelbrote
SO -- Sven Osterkamp
SY -- Shi Yunli 石云里
WP -- William Poole
YS -- Yuming Sun
ZC -- Zheng Cheng 郑诚
ZG -- Zhu Guangli 朱光立
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comment on it or material to contribute, please let me know. It is being
continuously if slowly updated.
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David Helliwell
23 April 2024
CLASSICS, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY and related works
周易傳義大全. 正統庚申[1440]余氏雙桂書堂新刊.
存: 卷一, 二 (to p.21a). Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Df.7.106. Ms. note of donor on final page: "Liber Acad. Edinburgensis ex
dono Roberti Ramesaei 1628." WP.
新刻官板周易本義 四卷首一卷. 建陽書林張閩嶽刊.
Fine title-page, with ill. in upper half. Has 張閩嶽梓 in lower half. Has
書林新賢堂 / 張閩岳精鐫 in simple 牌子 at end of 卷四.
存: 全. 三冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 59 [SC3999-4001]. Covers are deep
indigo waxed paper.
又一部.
存: 卷一(to p.74a). Emmanuel College, Cambridge. PL.
卷二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 114 [SC3521]. Covers as S.59. Ms.
note of donor: Andrew [surname lost], formerly of Christ Church, Oxford,
April 7th 1652. Possibly omitted from Bernard's catalogue because it was a
duplicate of part of the complete work.
卷三, 四 (fragments only). Cambridge. PL.
按: It is probable that all the above portions are from the same copy, but not
confirmed.
[彙選上下繫科題]. 明末坊刊.
Title taken from ms. note on cover. Pages unnumbered, 白口, no 魚尾.
存: 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 54 [SC3330]. Inscribed "Pulcher Liber.
Liber Thematum vel Compositionum sive Exercitiorum eorum qui Gradum
ambierunt: nempe exercitia pro Gradu. Hic liber diversus est ab illis
quae in Archivis."
按: Seems to be a late 明 edition. A collection of essays on the 易經.
詩經. (宋)朱熹集傳. 明萬曆中書坊刊本.
存: 卷六第七～二十葉. 洋裝(原線裝)1冊 ; 15 x 15公分. Bodleian Library, Sinica 122.
Inscribed "Almae Matri, Academiae Oxoniensi, Nathaniel Palmer de Fairfeild,
in Comitatu Somerset, Armiger, DD."
按: 書名據版心题
[四書]. 萬曆中建陽書林鰲峰堂刊.
Has 鰲峰堂刊 at end of 大學 preface.
存: 大學, 中庸, 論語卷一至五(有缺). 二冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 1 [SC2784,
2785]. Ms. note of donor: Adam Bowen.
[四書]. 萬曆中坊刊.
存: 論語卷一至卷五(首尾殘, 闕第一卷1a學而第一「人不知而不慍」以上, 第五卷存至鄉黨第
十「必表而出之」).
Christ's College, Cambridge, DD/3/9. Ms. note: "Ex dono Caroli Hale / Col.
Christ: Alumni, / Anno Domi. 1685." ZC.
按: This is identical in format to the edition in the Bodleian Library (Sinica
1 above), but clearly from different blocks. It is indeed strange that
both copies preserve the same parts of the 論語.
[四書 原六卷]. 萬曆中建陽書林陳心齋刊.
Beginning of 卷四 has 石馬書林陳瑞齋刊. Beginning of 卷五 has 福建巡按吉
澄發刊 and 陳心齋重梓. 牌子 has 福河陳心齋梓.
存: 卷四至六. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 2 [SC2786]. Ms. note (upside
down) in Bodley's hand on back flyleaf: "Donum Henrici Percy Comitis
Northumbriae. Ao. 1604."
周會魁校正四書大全 [全十八卷]. 萬曆中坊刊.
半頁7行16字, 四周雙邊, 黑口(或白), 單魚尾. Beginning of text has 京山恩皇
周士顯校正. Title and author information vary from juan to juan, so does
the block format. The contents are as follows: 卷一, 大學; 卷二, 大學或問;
卷三～九, 論語; 卷十～十六, 孟子; 卷十七, 中庸; 卷十八, 中庸或問.
存: 卷一～六, 八, 九, 十一～十八, 有缺. 十八冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 68
[SC1954-1956 (G.10-12)]. Golius had portions of at least two copies,
neither forming a complete set. This set has been assembled to form as
complete a copy as possible from the surviving fasc.; the rest have been
placed in S.69. They are all bound in marbled paper of the same type
except for S.68/3, which Golius regarded as a separate work, 1956 (G.12);
apart from this fasc. and S.68/4 (G.11), whose label indicates that it is
the first fasc. of SC1955, it now seems impossible to discover how the
fasc. were originally grouped by Golius. It is purely coincidental that
the 18 fasc. of S.68 correspond with the 18 vol. of SC1954. Also, S.68 &
69 total 24 fasc., but Golius's nos.10-12 total only 23. It is possible
that the extra fasc. was originally among the miscellaneous items in
SC1949 (G.1) or SC1961 (G.19).
按: 周士顯 was a 進士 of 萬曆二十九年[1601]. There is a complete copy of the
same edition in 仙台 (目錄 31上). It is clear from examining the contents
of this and the following items that at least 3, and possibly 4 copies of
this edition were brought to Europe. 卷七 and 卷十 are not found in any
of the copies.
又一部.
存: 卷一, 三, 十二, 十四, 十五, 十八, 有缺. 六冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 69.
又一部.
存: 卷二, 四, 十, 十(又一部). 四冊. Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht, V OCT 855.
Given by Willem van Cleeff in 1719 (probably the Gulielmus van Cleeff who
obtained a doctorate in Utrecht in 1706). KK.
又一部.
存: 卷十二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 52 [SC3328].
存: 卷十四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 43 [SC1516].
按: Although of different provenance, these fascicles may have belonged to the
same copy, as both preserve the same original pale blue covers.
又一部.
存: 卷十六. 一冊. Biblioteka Ossolineum, Wrocław, XVII-20816. Has the following
inscriptions (in order of date) on the front and back endpapers: "Ex
Cathalogo Librorum Joannis de Witte Colon[elli] Artille[riae] R[e]gni
m[anu] p[ro]p[ria]"; "Comte de Witte G[énéral] L[ieutenant]"; "Ofiarowany
przez Wincentego Hrabi Krosnowskiego do Biblioteki Imienia Ossolinskich
1829o R[ok]u"; "NB. Witt był Komendantem Kamieńca". Also bears the former
19th-century stamp and call number: "Instytut Ossolińskiego 44967".
Jan de Witte (1709-1785) was of Dutch descent, which may account for his
ownership of this volume. AF.
又一部.
存: 卷十七. 一冊. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MS.205 [Bernard no.1672].
The corresponding juan in the Bodleian copy (Sinica 68) lacks the opening
pages. The Corpus copy is complete, preserving both preface (12p.) and
text (167p.) of the juan, which is entitled 周會魁刪定四書大全; the juan
contains the 中庸. The fascicle has been given a leather binding, and is
inscribed "Liber Collegij Corporis Christi Oxon. Ex dono Johannis Gookin
Cantiani, ejusdem Colegij quondam Discipuli in Artibus Baccalaurei."
Gookin was appointed clerk in 1631 and scholar in 1632. The shelfmark of
the volume suggests that it was given to the College in the mid-17th
century.
又一部.
存: 卷十八 (p.92, 43a, 31, 26a, 24, 36a, 22, 38). Trinity College Dublin,
MS 1645. Bound with a copy of the Japanese historical work Azuma kagami
吾妻鏡. Presented by Archbishop John Parker of Dublin (1679-81).
鼎雕趙狀元四書課兒提醒約解 [全六卷]. 萬曆中建陽書林余良木刊.
Beginning of all three 卷 has 自新齋紹崖余良木繡梓.
存: 卷一至三(to p.62). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 53 [SC3329].
鼎雕趙狀元四書課兒提醒約解 [全六卷]. 萬曆二十七年[1599]建陽書林余良木刊.
牌子 has 龍飛萬曆己亥仲冬穀旦謹題 in two columns with 自新齋余紹崖繡梓 in
between.
存: 卷六. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 26 [SC2835]. Ms. note of donor:
Edward Michelborne.
按: It is possible that this and the preceding item are of the same edition,
but whereas S.53 has three columns of ascriptions (原題) at the beginning
of each 卷, S.26 has nothing. If they are from the same edition, it is
equally possible that they are from the same copy. The immediate
provenance is however different.
鼎雕趙狀元四書課兒提醒約解 [全六卷]. 萬曆四十一年[1613]建陽書林余泰垣刊.
牌子 has 龍飛萬曆癸丑仲秋穀旦謹題 in two columns with 自新齋余泰垣繡梓 in
between.
存: 卷五(from p.2), 六. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 25 [SC2834]. Ms. note
of donor: Adam Bowen. It seems that this fasc. did not have a limp vellum
binding in the 17th century.
按: The text and page format of this edition are the same as those of S.26.
[四書]. 坊刊.
Has 四書存是 in upper 版心. Page divided into two. Upper section entitled
四朋居新訂四書講意存是, followed by 斯水周文德穆然氏纂著. Lower section
is 本文 with 朱熹's commentary. 白口, no 魚尾.
存: 論語卷一至五(to p.14b). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 70 [possibly from
SC1949 (G.1) or 1961 (G.19)]. Has red waxed paper covers.
新刊京本分章圈點四書正文. 建陽書林江秀泉刊.
半頁9行20字, 四周單邊, 白口, 單魚尾. Beginning of each 卷 has 書林明雅堂
秀泉江氏梓行.
存: 卷二(中庸, p.3a-14b), 卷三(論語上, p.1a-27a, 28a-58b), 五(孟子上, 全,
82p.). 一冊. Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek, Carolinabiblioteket DG65.
Donated by Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie, 17th c. KH.
卷四(論語下, from p.17), 五(孟子上, to p.14). 一冊. Bodleian Library,
Sinica 71 [possibly from SC1949 (G.1) or 1961 (G.19)]. Has mauve waxed
paper covers.
卷六(孟子下, p.20a-58b). 一冊. Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Bibliothèque
Royale), MS19909. AD.
按: The existence of two copies of 卷五 indicate that more than one copy
reached Europe.
[四書程式墨卷]. 彙編萬曆中坊刊本散葉.
A unique compilation of leaves from various editions. There is a title
page at beginning of 1st fasc. of Sinica 21, and a colophon at the end
of the third fasc. This, together with the other content, is the basis
on which Sinica 20, 21, and 22 have been distinguished. 大學 1a
(beginning of 1st fasc.) has 謹依燕臺原版刊行閩南書林余氏明泉重梓 at
beginning of text; end of 下孟 section (3rd fasc.) has 牌子 with text
萬曆戌子[1588]歲孟冬月余氏新安堂蒼泉梓.
存: 三冊. Bodleian Library.
1. Sinica 20/1 [SC2824]. Ms. note of donor: Edward Michelborne.
2. Sinica 20/2 [SC2827]. Ms. note of donor: Edward Michelborne.
3. Sinica 20/3 [SC2825]. Ms. note of donor: Edward Michelborne.
又一部.
存: 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 21 [SC2826]. Ms. note of donor: John Pory.
按: The contents of this fascicle, as well as the covers, are of a piece with
Sinica 20.
又一部.
存: 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 22 [SC2828]. Ms. note of donor: Edward
Michelborne.
按: The contents of this fascicle are also of a piece with Sinica 20, but
the covers are made from different paper, so that it appears to come from
a different copy. The second leaf from the end (of the 下孟 section)
has a small 牌子 with text 書林余秀峰刊行.
新刻皇明正韻京本提章分節四書白文 [全六卷]. 萬曆乙丑[1625]建陽書林余明泉刊本.
存: 卷三(上論). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 81 [SC2979?]. There are 5
copies of this 卷, held together by paper twists. There are traces of red
covers, which are now missing. It is possible, though not certain, that
this item can be identified with Bernard's SC2979, which is otherwise not
accounted for. Craster notes that the item is "not now traceable" (SC 2i,
561).
卷六(下孟). 一冊. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-5652. The copy has been
digitised.
按: It is not certain that these two juan are from the same copy, nor even
that the Bodleian juan is from the same edition (the 牌子 from which the
edition details are derived is in the BNF fragment). However, the block
format is identical and no other copy of this title has been found.
鐫提章分節鄒魯正韻四書正文. 刊本.
半頁10行22字, 或11行23字, 四周單邊, 白口, 單魚尾. 卷三 has the title 《新刻四書
正文》. 卷四 has 「閣老臺山葉向高校正」.
存: 卷三(上論). 一冊. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-2952 (wrongly catalogued
as 卷四).
存: 卷三、四(上論、下論). 一冊. In the private collection of Boris L'Héritier,
whose father acquired the volume in Besançon in the 1950s.
存: 卷六(下孟). 一冊. New College, Oxford, MS 324. The fasc. has 45 leaves, and
is complete. The last half-leaf is a full-page illustration. The back
cover is inscribed in a mid-17th c. hand: "Mr Grimes. I have sent you a
booke printed in the language of Chyna to shew you the form of theyre
print, which Language noe man cann understand but them selves." The fasc.
has a late 19th-c. leather binding. Its provenance is unknown, but as
Bernard's New College section ends with MS 323, it must have entered the
Library shortly after his source list was compiled. WP.
按: The BnF and Boris L'Héritier's copies of 卷三 are identical in format, but
are taken from different blocks, so that at least two editions are
represented by the survivals listed above.
四書徵 [全十二卷]. 明末刊本.
存: 下孟卷十一﹑十二, 缺卷十一第一葉. 1冊. Bodleian Library, Rawl.8°.1113. Has a
Rawlinson bookplate.
[抄本] 不分卷. 一冊.
Ms. fragment containing jottings from 大學 and 論語.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 724 [SC1951 (G.3)].
[抄本]. 一卷.
Rolled ms. single-sheet fragment.
存: Bodleian Library, Sinica 42 [SC917].
按: The fragment contains two essays on passages in 孟子 entitled 填然鼓之
and 智譬則巧也. ZG.
新鍥二太史彙選註釋莊子全書評林. 萬曆中坊刊.
存: 卷五. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 4 [SC2790].
資治通鑒節要. 四冊. 嘉靖十八年[1539]建陽書林刊.
嘉靖二十年[1541]序.
存: 全. 六冊. Escorial, G.IV.18-21.
明紀編年 [全十二卷]. 金閶擁萬堂刊. 順治庚子年[1660]王汝南序.
單邊，白口，無魚尾.
存: 全. 洋裝一冊(原線裝四冊). Sinologisch Instituut, Schlegel 50. The book
belonged to Isaac Vossius (1618-1689) who moved to England in 1670. It is
possible that he bought the book there, where it may have been imported by
the (English) East India Company. It was purchased by Leiden University
along the rest of Vossius's collection in 1690. The book also contains a
Chinese letter by the Christian Lu Xiyan 陸希言 who was in Macao in 1680.
KK.
新鎸翰林攷正歷朝故事統宗 [全十卷] / 李廷機攷正 ; 丘宗孔增釋 ; 鄭世豪繡梓.
雙松舘刊. 萬曆甲午[1594]蘇濬序.
框20.1 x 12.8公分, 半頁10行23字, 四周單邊, 白口, 往上雙魚尾. 版心題名
「歷朝故事統宗」並鐫門名﹑卷數﹑頁碼. 目錄版心有「雙松舘藏版」字樣.
存: 卷一至三(lacking title-page and pp.1-2a and part of 2b of preface). 一冊.
Sinologisch Instituut, Schlegel 53. KK.
MEDICINE
徐氏家傳捷法針灸. 嘉靖十年[1531]建陽書林刊.
存: 全. 一冊. Escorial, G.IV.22.
編註醫學入門 [全七卷首一卷]. 萬曆中坊刊.
半頁9行22字, 小字雙行同字, 四周雙邊, 白口, 單(或雙)魚尾. 卷一 、二 are
described as 內集, and 卷三～七 as 外集. Has block-cutter's name in lower
版心 of 卷一 p.2. 卷三 has a preface dated 萬曆己卯[1579], and block-
cutters' names in lower 版心. End of 卷五 has 縣庠靜吾湯君名建中贈刻.
存: 卷一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 3a [SC2787]. Did not have a limp
vellum binding in the 17th century.
卷三. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 3b/1 [SC2788]. Ms. note of donor:
Katherine Sandys.
卷五(from p.65). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 3b/2 [SC2789]. Ms. note
of donor: Katherine Sandys.
卷六. 一冊. Groningen University Library, AL K-1(2). Leaves bound in wrong
order. Inscribed "Liber Charactere A Lingua Sinensi Scriptus, ignoti
argumenti". KK.
卷七. 一冊. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatino III.189.
按: It is not certain that these fascicles are from the same copy. Clearly, at
least two copies of this work reached Europe, but it is possible that the
surving fascicles are from three or even more copies.
又一部.
存: 卷三(p.64 only). 一頁. Bodleian Library, Sinica 90.
卷五(from p.65). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 44 [1518]. Inscribed 1635.
按: It is very strange that this second copy of 卷五 should also lack pp.1-64.
As with the fascicles listed above, it is not certain that these are from
the same copy.
重廣補注黃帝內經素問 [全二十四卷]. 萬曆十二年[1584]金陵書林周曰校刊.
Title-page has 萬曆甲申夏月周氏對峰刊行. Beginning of 卷一 has 繡谷書林周
曰校刊.
存: 卷一、二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/1 [SC2795]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷三～五. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/2 [SC2796]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷六～八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/3 [SC2797]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷十二～十四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/4 [SC2798]. Ms. note of
donor: Charles Danvers.
卷十五～十七. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/5 [SC2799]. Ms. note of
donor: Francis Vere.
卷二十一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/6 [SC2801]. Ms. note of donor:
Francis Vere.
卷二十二～二十四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 8/7 [SC2803]. Ms. note of
donor: Katherine Sandys.
又一部.
存: 卷二十一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 9 [SC2802]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
又一部.
存: 卷十八、十九. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 75 [SC1958].
卷二十一(first and last leaves damaged). British Library, ORB.30/3973. Ms.
notes (upside down) on p.2a: "Ex dono Le Royer Rupellanensis Paul Contant"
and "Daniel Barbenas postea obtenuit. Anno 1656". Sold by Sam Fogg in 1998
for £2,500 (Catalogue 19, item 44, pp.53-54).
按: It is not certain either that the Bodleian fasc. belongs to the same copy
as either S.8 or the British Library fasc., but it is clear that at least
three copies of this edition reached Europe.
黃帝內經靈樞. 萬曆中坊刊.
May be part of combined edition (合刊本) with 重廣補注黃帝內經素問.
存: 卷十九～二十四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 10 [SC2800]. Ms. note of
donor: Owen Wood.
刻馬玄臺先生註證脈訣正義. 嘉靖中(?)坊刊.
存: 卷一(p.22-54). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 11/1 [SC2804]. Ms. note of
donor: Matthew Chubbe.
卷二、三. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 11/2 [SC2805]. Ms. note of donor:
Martin Lumley.
存: 卷一(p.21-53). 一冊. Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht, V. OCT. 857. KK.
存: 卷二、三, 有缺. 一冊. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-5186, 5187. See:
Franzini, Serge: Un texte médical disparu en Chine depuis le XVIIe siècle
conservé à la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris: le "Maijue zhengyi"
脉訣正義 de Ma Shi 馬蒔 (T'oung Pao 76:1/3, 1990, 49-61). MS.
按: Chinese reference works say that this work is lost, suggesting that the
these fragments are all that is preserved of this edition. ZG. It is
possible that owing to its length, the first juan may have been bound in
two fascicles, and it is a strange coincidence that only the second of the
two should have been preserved in both Oxford and Utrecht.
新刊古今醫鑑 [全八卷]. 萬曆中金陵書林周曰校刊.
Beginning of 卷四 has 金陵書坊對峰周曰校刊行. Beginning of 卷七 has 金陵書
林竹潭周宗孔梓行.
存: 卷四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 12/1 [SC2806]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷六. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 12/2 [SC2807]. Ms. note of donor:
Francis Cleere.
卷七. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 12/3 [SC2808]. Ms. note of donor:
Katherine Sandys.
按: Copy in 內閣文庫.
醫方考. 萬曆中坊刊.
半頁10行20字, 左右雙邊, 白口, 單魚尾. Title page has 金陵周弘宇梓. 自序
dated 萬曆十二年(1584). 卷一 begins 歙邑吳崑著 / 友人黃基閱. 卷二 begins
歙邑吳崑著 / 方外友蔣中穀梓.
存: 卷一(p.1-64). 一冊. Sinologisch Instituut, Schlegel 115. KK.
卷一(from p.65), 二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 13 [SC2809]. Ms. note
of donor: Matthew Chubbe.
本草蒙筌 [全十二卷]. 萬曆元年[1573]金陵書林周曰校刊.
牌子 after preface has 萬曆元年孟秋月周氏仁壽堂刊行.
存: 卷一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 16/1 [SC2814]. Ms. note of donor:
Martin Lumley.
卷二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 16/2 [SC2815]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
太醫院補遺本草歌訣雷公炮製 [全八卷]. 萬曆十五年[1587]金陵書林周曰校刊.
半頁上欄15行7字, 下欄11行20字, 四周單邊, 白口, 單魚尾. Title-page has 萬曆
丁亥歲周對峰刊行. Beginning of text has 書林對峰周曰校重刊.
存: 卷一(to p.16). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 23/1 [SC2829]. Ms. note of
donor: Owen Wood.
卷一(from p.17), 二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 23/2 [SC2830]. Ms.
note of donor: Francis Vere.
卷四、五(to p.19). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 23/3 [SC2831]. Ms. note
of donor: Owen Wood.
卷七、八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 23/4 [SC2832]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
又一部.
存: 卷三, 四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 17/1 [SC2816]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷五. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 17/2 [SC2817]. Ms. note of donor:
Francis Vere.
卷六, 七(to p.10). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 17/3 [SC2818]. Ms. note
of donor: Charles Danvers.
卷七(from p.11), 八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 17/4 [SC2819]. Ms.
note of donor: Francis Vere.
又一部.
存: 卷三(pp.1-20, p.2 bound before p.1), 四(pp.1-23, p.1 bound before 卷三).
Sinologisch Instituut, accession no.346. Not in Schlegel. KK.
重修政和經史證類備用本草 [全三十卷]. 萬曆九年[1581]金陵書林富春堂刊. 有圖.
半頁11行21字, 四周單邊(或左右雙邊), 白口, 單(或雙)魚尾. 版心下刻『富春堂
梓』. At the end of 卷三十 is the colophon 『成化四年[1468]歲次戊子冬十一
月既望重刊』.
存: 卷二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 2503. Tranferred from the British
Museum as a duplicate in 1914. Inscribed "A Book of Medical Prescriptions
for various Disorders. Examined by Chetqua. Decr.17.1770".
卷三. 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Ll.5.14. Acquired in 1664 from
Lambeth Palace Library. PL, ZC.
卷四. 一冊. Asian Library (Leiden) SINOL. VGK 7971.42. KK.
卷四. Bound in 一冊 with 卷15-19. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-5240.
卷五. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 18b [SC2821]. Ms. note of donor:
William [Herbert], Earl of Pembroke.
卷六. 一冊. Universitätsbibliothek Rostock, Mss. orient. 227.2. PL, CM.
卷七. 一冊. Burgerbibliothek Bern. Bound in a single fascicle (Codex 350)
with part of 新刊萬病回春. GD.
卷十一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 18a [SC2820]. Has ms. note on back
cover: "Ornamento bibliothecae Oxoniensis d.d. Festus Hommius s. theol.
doctor Oxon."
卷十四. Koninklijke Bibliotheek ('s-Gravenhage), 3117 B 30. Part of a
leaf from a book on geomancy has been used as the back cover, but the
title in the banxin is missing. The front cover seems to be original,
but is damaged. KK.
卷十五至十九. Bound in 一冊 with 卷4. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-5240.
卷二十, 二十一. 二冊. Asian Library (Leiden) SINOL. VGK 7971.42. KK.
卷二十, 二十一. 一冊. Walker Library of the Human Imagination (Ridgefield,
Connecticut). From the library of the German sinologist Julius Heinrich
Klaproth (1783-1835).
卷三十. Bibliotheca Thysiana (Leiden), no.1596. KK.
按: Bodleian Library, Sinica 18a did not originally have a limp vellum
binding, and does not appear to belong to the same copy as S.18b. This,
together with the existence of second copies of 卷四, 二十, 二十一,
suggests that more than one copy entered Europe, although in view of
the extent of what is preserved, it is strange that more duplicate
fascicles do not seem to exist.
新刊萬病回春 [全八卷]. 萬曆中金陵書林周曰校刊.
半頁13行24字, 四周雙邊, 白口, 單魚尾. 有圖. At the beginning of each juan
are the words「金陵書坊對峰周曰校刊行」, except for 卷六, where the
publisher's name is uncut: 「金陵書坊■ ■ ■ ■ ■刊行」.
存: 卷一. 一冊. Burgerbibliothek Bern, Codex 350. Bound with 重修政和經史證類
備用本草. Prefaces by 茅坤 (萬曆戊子[1588]), 舒化 (萬曆十五年[1587]), and
龔廷賢(萬曆丁亥[1587]). GD.
卷一. 一冊. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Lib.Sin.19. Identical with
the Bern copy, but without the preface of 龔廷賢.
卷一. 一冊. Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Sin.77. The later
edition (see below), with the prefaces of 舒化 and 龔廷賢. GL.
卷三. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 19/1 [SC2822]. Ms. note of donor:
Francis Cleere.
卷三(p.5-50). 一冊. Sinologisch Instituut, Schlegel 120. KK.
卷三(p.44). 一頁. Würtembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart). This
single leaf has been used as the back endpaper of a fragmentary edition
of 水滸傳 (see below).
卷六. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 19/2 [SC2823]. Ms. note of donor:
Katherine Sandys.
卷八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 79 [SC1950]. Postface by 周藩海陽王
崑勤炵(萬曆十六年[1588]) with the large printed seal「海陽王章」.
按: 中国中医古籍总目 (上海, 2007, p.402) records only one Zhou family edition,
that of 1602. But there seem to have been two, and copies of both
reached Europe. The title-page of the first has the words 「萬曆丙申[1596]
冬月周對峰重刊」, and is represented by the copies of the first fascicle
in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Burgerbibliothek Bern; that of
the second has 「萬曆壬寅[1602]仲春周成卬重刊」, and is represented by the
copy in the Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek; the format of both
is identical. It is not certain which of the other European fascicles
belonged to which edition, and in view of the fact that multiple copies
of this work reached Europe, it is odd that apart from the first
fascicle, of which there are three copies, only 卷三 is duplicated among
the discoveries to date. The history of the edition is complicated by the
existence in the Naikaku Bunko of a copy from different blocks that has
the 「萬曆壬寅[1602]仲春周成卬重刊」 title-page, but instead of the words
「金陵書坊對峰周曰校刊行」 at the beginning of each juan, has 「金陵書坊成卬
周文憲刊行」 in juan 1,2,7,8; 「... 玉卬周文煥 ...」 in juan 3,4; and
「... 如泉周文耀 ...」 in juan 5,6.
增定便攷萬病囘春善本 八卷. (明)龔廷賢撰; (淸)汪淇校. 淸康熙元年[1662]序刊本.
存: 全. 八冊. Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 227. See:
Nasmith, James: Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum quos Collegio Corporis
Christi et B. Mariæ Virginis in Academia Cantabrigiensi legauit
reverendissimus Matthæus Parker, archiepiscopus Cantuariensis (Cambridge,
1777), p.300 "a collection of Chinese manuscripts". CA.
按: It is not certain that this book came to Europe in the 17th century. If it
did, its late date suggests that it would have been an English East
India Company import.
補遺雷公製便覽. 萬曆十七年[1589]金陵書林唐少橋刊.
Title-page has 萬曆己丑歲少橋梓, and illustration in upper half. Beginning
of 卷一 has 金陵唐少橋梓.
存: 卷一(to p.22, of which there are 2), 二(p.1 only). 一冊. Bodleian Library,
Sinica 24 [SC2833]. Ms. note of donor: Owen Wood.
[小兒良方全嬰]. 萬曆中建陽書林熊心舜刊.
Title of first section taken from upper 版心 in the absence of any other
indication. Title of second section is followed by 卷之 and nothing else;
has 小兒全嬰 in upper 版心; has 建邑書林熊心舜刊 at beginning of text;
chapter end title is 新刻京板小兒良方全嬰.
存: 小兒良方, pp.25-38 (end); 新鍥太醫院精選小兒全嬰秘法, 9pp. 一冊. Bodleian
Library, Sinica 31 [SC2840]. Ms. note of donor: Charles Danvers.
丹溪心法附餘 [全二十四卷首一卷]. 嘉靖萬曆間書林唐氏刊.
半頁12行24字, 四周單邊, 白口, 單魚尾. 卷首 has printed label on cover: 姑
蘇重刊丹溪心法附餘. 卷二十四 has 書林唐氏梓行 at end of text (the last 3
characters are extremely faint).
存: 卷首. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/1 [SC2841]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/2 [SC2843]. Ms. note of donor:
William [Herbert], Earl of Pembroke.
卷二至四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/3 [SC2845]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷五至七. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/4 [SC2846]. Ms. note of donor:
John Clapham.
卷十一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/5 [SC2848]. Ms. note of donor:
Charles Danvers.
卷十七(fragments). 一冊. St John's College, Oxford (deposited in the
Bodleian Library, St John's Coll.Chin.2). This is a very tattered remnant.
It seems that the leaves have been ripped out of the western binding, so
that only the inside portions remain. No 版心 of any leaf remains.
Portions of the first and last page of 卷十七 are present, and it is
assumed that the other fragments are also from that juan. Formerly in the
possession of Laud. Front endpaper is inscribed 1638.
卷十八, 十九. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/6 [SC2849]. Ms. note of
donor: Katherine Sandys.
卷二十二, 二十三. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/7 [SC2850]. Ms. note
of donor: John Clapham.
卷二十四. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 32/8 [SC2851]. Ms. note of donor:
Katherine Sandys.
按: As with 新刊萬病回春 above, although it is clear that at least two copies
of this work were introduced, it is not certain which fascicles belonged
to which copy.
又一部.
存: 卷首. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 33/1 [SC2842]. Printed label as
S.32/1. Ms. note of donor: Martin Lumley.
卷一. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 33/2 [SC2844]. Ms. note of donor:
William [Herbert], Earl of Pembroke.
卷二(p.3b-30b), 卷三(p.1-34a), 卷四(p.1a-24a). Koninklijke Bibliotheek
(Bibliothèque Royale), MS19906; 卷四(p.24b) is found between the pages of
MS19911. AD.
卷五至七. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 33/3 [SC2847]. Ms. note of donor:
Katherine Sandys.
卷十六, 卷十七(incomplete). 二冊. Sinologisch Instituut, Schlegel 121. 卷
十六 p.1-75 are bound in one volume, and 卷十六 p.76 and 卷十七 p.1-38 are
bound in the other. KK.
卷二十二(p.3)至卷二十三(p.23). 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Sel.3.273.
The fasc. has lost pages at both ends. It came from the Leiden scholar
Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624), whose collection was bought by George
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Villiers' widow presented it to Cambridge
University in 1632, and it was described as "Liber Sinensis" by Bernhard
(2501: vol.1, pt.3, p.274) in his list of the additions to Cambridge
University Library from the library of Thomas Erpenius.
卷二十四(首尾殘, 存1b至99b, 闕1a及100a以下《丹溪翁傳》末數葉). 一冊. Christ's
College, Cambridge, DD/4/11. ZC.
[藥方]. 抄. 一冊.
A book of medical prescriptions. A very small 袖珍 fasc. (93 x 54mm.). Ms.
text within indigo printed (藍印) text frame.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Laud Or.327 [SC913]. Ms. title has been written with
western pen on front cover, and has been corrected. Ms. note on front
flysheet: "Liber allatus ex Regno Sinarum per Medicum Londinensem.
Ao 1622."
類編傷寒活人書括指掌圖論 [全十卷]. 萬曆十七年[1589]金陵書林唐少橋刊.
半頁12行23字, 四周雙邊, 白口, 單魚尾. Title-page has 萬曆己丑金陵書坊唐氏
少橋梓行.
存: 卷一, 二(to p.15). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 76/1 [SC1961 (G.19)].
卷三(p.1a-19b), 卷四(p.1a-26a). 一冊. Koninklijke Bibliotheek
(Bibliothèque Royale), MS19911. AD.
卷五(from p.2), 六, 七(to p.9), 八. 一冊. Sinica 76/2 [SC1961 (G.19?)].
按: Label on back cover of S.76/1 indicates that this was the first fasc. of
Golius no.19. S.76/2 appears to be part of the same copy, the covers and
binding holes matching the original binding holes of S.76/1.
又一部.
Beginning of 卷五 has 金陵書坊唐氏少橋重刊. 卷六 begins 新類編活人....
存: 卷四(last page only, p.24), 五, 六, 七(to p.3). 一冊. Bodleian Library,
Sinica 77 [SC1961 (G.19?)]. Has ms. note (upside down) in Dutch on first
page: "Chines boeck, den 20 Junio 1620 van Amsterdam gebrocht."
按: Marbled cover paper is of a piece with other Golius fasc. At least two
copies of this work must have reached Europe, as this fasc. duplicates
S.76/2.
又一部.
卷九 begins 新刊類編活人.... Large 牌子 on last page has 萬曆己丑年冬月金
陵唐少橋新梓.
存: 卷九(to p.16), 十(from p.5). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 78 [SC1961
(G.19?)]
按: Inside edges of covers are strengthened with marbled paper of a piece with
other Golius fasc. It is possible that this fasc. may have been part of
the same copy as S.76: the binding holes match, but it is slightly larger,
the paper is darker, and the covers a different shade.
POPULAR REFERENCE (word books, encyclopaedias, letter-writers, arithmetic)
源流總歸對類大全. 嘉靖中[?]建陽書林刊.
存: 卷五至七. 一冊. Escorial, G.IV.33.
翰林重考字義韻律大板海篇心鏡 [全二十卷]. 萬曆二十四年[1596]建陽書林葉天熹刊黑口本.
存: 卷二, 三. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 14/1 [SC2810]. Ms note of donor:
Francis Vere.
存: 卷四. Two small fragments from 4:4b and 4:36b (the last page).
Koninklijke Bibliotheek ('s-Gravenhage), 135 K 4. This is the second
Album amicorum of Ernst Brinck (1582-1649), and the fragments are
pasted on to f.121. They have been digitised. SO.
存: 卷十三. 一冊. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Sin 111-C.(Kap.13). Has
ms notes on first leaf: "Seren: Bibliothecæ Archiducis Ferdinandi"
(top), and "Bibliothecæ Archiducis Ferdinandi." (bottom). The copy has
been digitised. SO.
存: 卷十四. 一冊. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 4 L.sin. A 119. The copy has
been digitised. SO.
存: 卷十八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 14/2 [SC2812]. Ms note of donor:
Francis Vere.
存: 卷十九(pp.2b-30a). 一冊. 卷十九(又一部, pp.1b-28a, 29a). 一冊.
Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht, V oct. 858. KK.
存: 卷二十. 一冊. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Sin 111-C.(Kap.20). The
copy has been digitised. SO.
按: The Utrecht holdings are from the same edition, but clearly from two
different copies, of which one may be the same as the Bodleian holdings.
又一部. 後印.
存: 卷十三(p.10-31), 十四(to p.39). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 73
[SC1949 (G.1) or 1961 (G.19)?].
按: This is the same edition as S.14, but does not appear to be from the same
copy as the paper is inferior. Originally 2 fasc. The marbled paper covers
are of a piece with many others among the Golius books.
又一部. 後印, 白口.
牌子 has 萬曆丙申歲太呂月葉會廷梓.
存: 卷十八. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 15/1 [SC2811]. Ms note of donor:
William [Herbert], Earl of Pembroke.
存: 卷二十. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 15/2 [SC2813]. Ms note of donor:
Martin Lumley.
按: This copy is from the same blocks as S.14 and 73, but the removal of the
黑口 indicates that it is a later printing. The 內閣文庫 (漢13433) copy of
this work has exactly the same text (including 牌子 and date) as the
European holdings, but is from different blocks.
京傳新刊素翁鰲頭雜字附詩柬活套便覽 一卷. 萬曆十四年[1586]建陽書林鄒少聰刊.
Small 牌子 at end of text has 萬曆丙戌仲秋書林鄒氏少聰.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 29 [SC2838]. Ms. note of donor: Edward
Michelborne.
增補素翁指掌雜字全集 一卷, 卓吾李先生校士民切要帖式手鏡 一卷. 坊刊.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 74 [SC1952 (G.4)]. Has yellow title
page.
增補素翁指掌雜著全集 一卷, 卓吾李先生校士民切要帖式手鏡 一卷. 崇貞中一經堂刊.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 107 [possibly from SC1949 (G.1) or
1961 (G.19)]. Slightly defective. Has no title-page. 牌子 on last page has
崇貞新歲穀旦一經堂梓. Has yellow waxed paper covers.
按: Seems to be a yet more vulgar edition of S.74 (note different 8th
character in title), whether earlier or later is not known.
又一部.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 80 [possibly from SC1949 (G.1) or 1961
(G.19)]. More defective than S.107, and lacking last page with 牌子. Ms.
notes (illegible) on 1st page of each section. Has red waxed paper covers.
新刊類纂天下利用通俗集成錦繡萬花谷文林廣記大全 三十四卷. 明嘉靖庚申[1560]建陽書林
陳氏積善堂刊本. 有圖.
半頁14行30字, 四周單邊, 黑口, 雙魚尾.
存: 卷一, 二. 一冊. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barberini Orient.138. Has
ms. note of donor on front endpaper: "Questo libro m'è stato donato dal
Sr. C.te de Umanes". There is also a long descriptive note in Spanish
dating to c.1600.
藝文類聚 [全一百卷]. 萬曆十五年[1587]秣陵王元貞刊本.
存: 卷五至四十三, 四十八至五十. 十冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 72 [SC1957
(G.13)].
按: The catalogue descriptions of both Golius and Bernard give only 9 volumes,
but there are now 10. The marbled cover paper and stitching are all of a
piece. As the Golius no.13 is written on the 2nd fasc., it is possible
that the first fasc. got separated, being among SC1949 (G.1) or 1961
(G.19) perhaps, and was later re-united.
新刊二十四孝故事 卷一. 新鍥重訂補遺音釋大字日記故事大成 卷二至八. 萬曆中鄭氏聚垣
書舍刊.
卷一半頁16行12字. 卷二至八半頁12行19字, 小字雙行. 四周單邊, 上圖下文, 黑口,
雙魚尾.
存: 全. 二冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 41 [SC622]. Lacks 6:10. Has the colophon
鄭氏聚垣書舍刊行 on last page. Has 3 different ms. notes in Dutch on cover,
one dated 1603; inside cover inscribed 1635.
一冊. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-1392. Lacks 1:1-6a, 2:13b, 7:9, 8:8-12.
The copy has been digitised.
按: 卷一 does not appear to be related to 卷二至八 in either form or content.
There is a copy of this work (卷五至八 only) in 東大東洋文化研究所, same
format but not identical; has 熊氏囗吾書舍刊行 on last page.
二十四孝. 日記故事. 坊刊.
半頁10行20字. 四周單邊, 上圖下文.
存: Fragments. 一冊. St John's College, Cambridge, S.52. Of the first juan,
only fragments of the last leaves survive, bearing the characters 新刊二十
四孝首卷終. Only the first part of the next section survives, beginning 重刊
日記故事卷之上. The 版心 of all the surviving leaves have been worn away.
This book was owned by William Crashawe (1572-1626), who sold his books to
Henry Wriothesley (1573-1624), 3d earl of Southampton and patron of
Shakespeare, on condition that they be given to St John's College on his
death. The College received them from the 4th earl, Thomas, in 1635. JH.
按: The text appears to be closely related to the edition above (Bodleian
Library, Sinica 41) and may also be a unique surviving copy.
新鋟評林旁訓薛湯二先生家藏酉陽搜古人物奇編. 建陽書林劉舜臣刊.
Has 潭城弼虞劉舜臣校梓 at beginning of text. Most pages have 南京板 in
lower 版心.
存: 卷五. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 106 [possibly from SC1949 (G.1) or
1961 (G.19)]. Has green waxed paper covers.
按: There is a complete copy (十八卷) of a different edition in 東大東洋文化研
究所. The format is identical, but the text inferior, with many vulgar
characters. Beginning of 卷一 has 閩書林任吾鄭名相梓行. 閩書林 is later
given as 潭城 or 潭陽, and the printer's name is given as 鄭以初 at the
beginning of 卷四. At the end of the book there is a 牌子 with the text 萬
曆丙辰[1616]冬月南京原板刊行.
新鍥全補天下四民利用便觀五車拔錦 [全三十三卷]. 萬暦丁酉[1597]建陽書林鄭世魁刊.
Beginning of text has 錦城紹錦徐三友校正/閩建雲齋鄭世魁梓行. At the end of
the book there is a 牌子 with the text 萬暦丁酉歲孟春月/書林鄭氏雲齋繡梓.
按: 卷一, 第二頁. Museum Martena, Franeker (Friesland), S0119. Given by Andreas
Colvius to Anna Maria van Schurman together with a letter dated 1637;
bequeathed by her heirs to Franeker University in 1780; finally given to
Franeker Municipality in 1811 and now on permanent loan to the Museum
Martena. KK.
卷二十四至二十八. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-5652. The copy has been
digitised. KK.
名公翰墨林 [全四卷]. 金陵書林余象箕刊.
白口, no 魚尾. Title-page has 金陵原版不許翻刻 and 三台館梓. Beginning of
卷一 has 三台主人皇一余象箕校刊.
存: 卷一, 二. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 62 [SC4004].
卷三(from p.1b), 四. 一冊. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. PL.
按: 余象箕 was 余象斗's younger brother (see 官桂銓 in 文學遺產增刊 15, 1983,
125-130), but 象斗 had a 三台館 at 建陽. This is strange.
屠先生評釋謀野集 四卷. 萬曆中建陽書林熊體忠刊.
Title-page has 宏遠堂熊雲濱重校梓行. End of 卷四 has 閩庠生熊體忠蓋卿甫校
梓.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 30 [SC2839]. Ms. note of donor: John
Pory.
新編直指算法統宗 [全十七卷]. 清初(?)刊本.
半頁10行24字, 小字雙行同字, 四周單邊, 白口, 單魚尾.
存: 卷三至五(lacking last leaves). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 87.
LITERATURE (prose, novels, plays, songs)
西漢文 [全二十卷]. 崇禎六年[1633]序刊本.
存: 卷一. 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Dd.10.4. From Bishop John Moore's
library, which was acquired by the Royal Library and then presented to
Cambridge in 1715 by George I. ZC.
新刊通俗演義三國史傳 [全十卷]. 嘉靖二十七年[1548]建陽書林葉逢春刊.
嘉靖二十七年[1548]鍾陵元峰子序. 有圖.
存: 卷一, 卷二, 卷四至九. 八冊. Escorial, G.IV.24-30.
按: This is not only a unique copy, but is also the earliest surviving
datable edition of the novel. Images of the entire book can be seen here.
AW.
新刻按鑑全像批評三國志傳 [全二十卷]. 萬曆二十年[1592]建陽書林余象斗刊.
Beginning of 卷十二 has 書坊仰止余象烏批平 and 書林文台余象斗繡梓. There
is a large lotus 牌子 at the end of juan 20 (in the British Library) with
two columns of text: 萬曆壬辰仲夏月 / 書林余氏雙峰堂.
存: 卷七, 卷八. 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Gg.5.30. Inscribed: "Ex dono
Reverendi D[octo]ris Holdsworth". Richard Holdsworth (1590-1649) was Master
of Emmanuel College and from 1640-1642 Vice-Chancellor of the University.
He was one of the foremost book collectors of the 17th c., and his
collection passed to the University on his death. It was kept at Emmanuel
College until transferred to the University Library at the beginning of the
20th century. AW.
卷九, 卷十. 一冊. Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart), R 16 Lo 1.
Reproduction published by Walravens, H.: Two recently discovered fragments
of the Chinese novels San-kuo-chih-yen-i and Shui-hu-chuan (Hamburg, 1982).
The copy has also been digitised.
卷十一(p.2b-34a), 十二(to p.26b, but lacking p.17a). 一冊. Bodleian
Library, Sinica 46 [SC 1520].
卷十九, 卷二十. 一冊. British Library. The provenance of this fascicle
before it entered the British Museum is not known, but it must have been
seen by B. Walton before 1657 as the colophon (quoted above) is reproduced
in Prolegomenon 2 of his Biblia sacra polyglotta as "Specimen characterum
chinensium, ex initio cujusdam libri, eorum typis impressi". FW. A note on
the inside cover records that it was examined on 17th December 1770 by
Chetqua (the first Chinese cataloguer of the East Asian books in the
British Museum collection), who ineptly describes it as "Ancient History of
China". AW.
按: This is one of two known surviving copies of this edition, the other being
an incomplete copy (juan 1-8, 19-20) at the Ryouzokuin 兩足院 of Kenjinji
建仁寺 in Kyoto. AW. [The European copy was formerly believed to be unique.]
新鋟全像大字通俗研義三國志傳 二十卷. 萬曆中建陽書林劉龍田刊.
Title-page (藍印) has 笈郵齋藏版. Beginning of 卷一 has 書林喬山堂梓行.
Beginning of 卷九 has 書林喬山堂劉氏梓. Beginning of 卷十三 has 書林劉龍田
梓行. A 牌子 at end of 卷二十 has 閩書林笈郵齋梓行, and on the same page,
the last illustration has 三泉刻像 in the top left corner.
存: 全. 六冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 51 [SC 3326 (fasc. 1), 3327 (fasc. 2-6)].
按: This is presumably a later printing by 笈郵齋 of 劉龍田's edition.
又一部.
存: 卷八至十三. British Library, 15333.e.4. AW.
卷十七, 十八. 一冊. Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Lib.Sin.139.
按: It is not clear if these two fragments are from the same copy.
新刻演義全像三國志傳. 黎光閣刊.
Has 黎光閣 in lower 版心 of most pages, but none in 卷十五.
存: 卷十五至二十(p.21a). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 55 [SC 3995]. Ms. note
of donor: Octavian Pullen, London bookseller, July 6th 1659.
新鍥三藏出身全傳 四卷. (明)陽至和編. 萬曆中建陽書林朱蒼嶺刊.
Has 芝潭朱蒼嶺梓 at beginning of text, and 書林彭氏發圖像秋月刊 in two
columns to left of picture in upper part of 1.1a.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 35 [SC 2853]. Ms. note of donor:
George, Lord Berkeley.
按: This is the sole surviving copy of this edition.
新刻京本全像插增田虎王慶忠義水滸全傳. 坊刊.
Title taken from beginning of 卷二十一 (Paris). Has ills. at top of page.
Has 全像水滸 in 版心.
存: 卷二至七(incomplete). Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart),
R 16 Lo 2. Reproduction published by Walravens (see 新刻按鑑全像批評三國志傳
above). The copy has also been digitised.
卷九至十三. In private ownership and of unknown provenance. In a mid-19th
c. western binding. The volume was acquired for the sum of £18,100 on eBay
in 2019 from a bookseller in Winchester. AW.
卷十五至十九(incomplete). Royal Library, Copenhagen.
卷二十, 二十一(incomplete). 一冊. Bibliothèque Nationale, Chinois-4008.
卷二十二, 第十四頁. Bodleian Library, Sinica 121 [SC 3126].
Formerly in limp vellum cover with ms. note on flysheet: "A booke of China
given me at Leyden by Doctor Merla [1593-1607] professor in histories".
按: It is assumed that the above fragments are all from the same copy of the
same edition, of which this is the sole surviving example.
風月錦囊. 嘉靖三十二年[1553]建陽書林詹氏進賢堂刊.
有圖.
存: 全. 二冊. Escorial, G.IV.31-32.
按: Reproduced in the series《善本戲曲叢刊》第四輯第一冊 (臺北 : 臺灣學生,
1987年). AW.
重刊五色潮泉插科增入詩詞北曲勾欄荔鏡記戲文 一卷. 嘉靖四十五年[1566]余新安刊.
存: 全(lacks pp.2, 95, much of 96, 99). 二冊(原一冊). Bodleian Library, Sinica
34 [SC 2852].
按: Only one other copy of this work is extant, in Tenri Library. Several
reproductions have been made in recent years.
新刻芸窗彙爽萬錦情林. 萬曆中建陽書林余文台刊.
Has 三台館山人仰止余象斗纂 and 書林雙峰堂文台余氏梓 at beginning of 卷六.
存: 卷五(pp.2-53a), 六(to p.30). 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 45 [SC 1519].
按: Other parts of this copy may be in the Vatican Library. PL.
新鍥梨園摘錦樂府菁華 六卷. 萬曆二十八年[1600]建陽書林王會雲刊.
Title-page has illustration in upper half, with 三槐堂 above, and 王會雲刊
行 below. Beginning of 卷一 has 書林王會雲梓. 牌子 has 萬曆庚子歲仲秋月三
槐堂王會雲繡梓.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 27 [SC 2836]. Ms. note of donor: John
Pory.
按: This is a unique printed copy, reproduced as first item in 善本戲曲叢刊
(台灣學生書局, 1984).
新刻增補戲隊錦曲大全 二卷. 萬曆三十二年[1604]瀚海書林李碧峰陳我含刊.
存: 全. 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Ff.1.10. From Bishop John Moore's
library, which was acquired by the Royal Library and then presented to
Cambridge in 1715 by George I. ZC.
箋註唐賢三體詩法 [全二十卷]. 坊刊.
存: 卷十五至二十. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 28 [SC 2837]. Ms. note of
donor: Charles Danvers.
MAPS (and a rutter)
[東西洋航海圖]. 明末寫.
存: 全. 一幅. 154 x 96公分. 英文題名「The Selden Map of China」. Bodleian
Library, MS.Selden Supra 105 (= Arch.O.a.11) [SC 3490]. The original
stave on which the map was mounted, together with the cotton lining and
yellow box dating from the restoration in 1919, are shelfmarked
MS.Selden supra 105* (= Or.long.A.31).
按: The importance of this map was discovered by Robert Batchelor during a
visit to the Bodleian Library in the first week of January 2008.
Previously, it had never been noticed that it indicates shipping routes
with compass bearings from Quanzhou 泉州 to all parts of the world known
to the Chinese by the late Ming. In this respect it is quite unique.
廣輿圖. 嘉靖中(1555-1558)刊.
存: 一冊, 有缺. Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum ('s-Gravenhage), M.115.B.1.
Described by Marcel Destombes: "A rare Chinese atlas", in Quaerendo 4:4
(1974), 336-337. Given by Philippe Couplet to Nicolas Witsen in 1684. KK.
按: Luo Hongxian's 羅洪先 preface (missing in the Hague copy) explains that he
brought up to date a map that had originally been drawn in the Yuan
Dynasty by Zhu Siben 朱思本, and arranged it in book form owing to the
inconvenience of having to unroll it.
南北兩京十三省圖考. 康熙十八年[1679]北京呂君翰刊.
Text at bottom followed by 康熙己未端陽月北京呂君翰選錄梓行.
存: 全. 一幅. Bodleian Library, Sinica 92. A label pasted on to the back of
the map before resoration (and now kept separately as Sinica 92*) reads:
"[Map of Chin]a given by Mr Brown [an East Indi]a merchant, who also gave
severall Indian Books and writings."
按: There is a large central panel at the top of the map whose text is largely
missing, but comparison with a Japanese copy of this map in the 內閣文庫
(4804) made in 寬延庚午[1750] has 歷代分野止界古今人物吏跡 in the
equivalent position.
週天經緯圖考, 皇輿地圖考. 刊.
A pair of hanging scrolls, being maps of the heavens and the earth,
presumably rare if not unique. Each has a map in the centre with text at
top and bottom. The map of the Heavens incorporates diagrams which are
also found in 天經或問, an astronomical treatise based on the work of
Jesuit scholars composed around 1675. NH.
存: 全. 二幅. Bodleian Library, Sinica 123. Given by George White, East India
merchant, in 1684.
順風相送. 抄.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, MS.Laud Or.145 (= Arch.O.d.41) [SC 1497].
Inscribed on front flysheet: 1637.
CALENDARS
Note: Calendars are official government publications containing the
single-leaf diagram 年神方位之圖 followed by day-columns for each month.
[七政臺曆]. 萬曆中(?)刊.
存: 卷七(incomplete, preserved from 己未年[1559] to 戊辰年[1568]). 一冊.
Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart), R 16 Kal 1. There is no
direct evidence to confirm that this was a 17th century import, but the
original shelfmark Cod. or. 4° 4, especially the low number 4, indicates
that it was part of the founding collection of the Library's predecessor,
the Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek founded in 1765. The calendar has
been digitised.
按: A multi-year calendar, possibly the earliest extant example of its type.
MT, ZC.
大明永曆二十五年歲次辛亥大統曆. 南明永曆二十五年[1671]刊.
藍印. Yellow silk cover with seal.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 57 [SC 3997]. Ms. note of donor: Robert
Boyle, 1671.
按: Fifty copies of this calendar were presented by the "King of Formosa"
(i.e. 鄭經, 1642-1681, eldest son of Coxinga) to Ellis Crisp, who had been
sent with the pink Bantam and the sloop Pearl from the East India Company
factory in Bantam in May 1670 in order to establish a factory in Taiwan.
又一部.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 58 [SC 3998]. Ms. note of donor: Henry
Aldrich [dean of Christ Church, 1669-1682].
又一部. Yum Lie
存: 有缺. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Rawl.4°.599. Ms. notes: "Calendarium pro an.
xxv imperatoris 永曆 Yum Lie"; "Suum cuiq[ue]. Tho: Hearne. 1729. A Chinese
printed Book.".
又一部.
存: 有缺. 一冊. Christ Church, Oxford, Wake Arch.Sup.D7. Lacks silk covers,
bound in western marbled paper and stitched in Chinese style. Ms. note:
"Liber Ms. in Linguâ Chinensis / ex dono Th. Heath Civis Lond. /
[illegible word]." The immediate provenance is Charles Boyle, whose
bookplate is pasted inside the front cover. CN.
又一部.
存: 全. 一冊. Magdalen College, Cambridge, Ms.1914. From the Pepys Library.
又一部.
存: 有缺. 一冊. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Ms.3.2.17.
又一部.
存: 全. 一冊. Clare College, Cambridge, G1.3.44. Given to the Fellows' Library
in 1701 by Joseph Maryon, who is on record as a Fellow and Leeds Scholar
of the College in 1668. Discovered in September, 2010. RS.
又一部.
存: 全. 一冊. British Library, 15298.a.30. From the official papers of Thomas
Hyde. Cover inscription: "Chinense Calendarium, cum quarundam rerum
interpretatione."
又一部.
存: 有缺. 一冊. British Library, 15298.a.6(1). Lacks cover. Bound with 21
later Qing calendars.
大明永曆三十年歲次丙辰大統曆. 南明永曆三十年[1676]刊.
存: 全. 一冊. St John's College, Cambridge, S.14. Inscribed: "Anno Domini 1676.
This Almanack was given to Mr. John Dacres merchant in ye East Indys by
Pun Poin, then King of Tyon." The covers and half the yellow title-page
are missing. The doubled leaves are hinged at their top edges in a
western guardbook. It is not clear when or from whom the College received
this calendar. JH.
大明永曆三十一年歲次丁巳大統曆. 南明永曆三十一年[1677]刊.
藍印. Yellow paper cover with seal.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 88. Inscribed on front
cover: "A Chyna Almanack. Given me by Mr. Coley, 28 Sept. 1680. E.
Ashmole."
按: Discovered in summer, 2006. I am not aware of any later editions of the
Southern Ming calendar.
ALMANACS
Note: Almanacs are private publications which are usually much more
elaborate than calendars, with many additional sections relating to
prognostication and morality.
天啟七年丁卯造福日子統宗. 明天啟七年[1627]刊.
存: 全. 一冊. Peterhouse, Cambridge, Perne Library B.6.13. Inscribed "Volumen
hoc Chinense/ D.D. / Lucas Faune Civis et / Stationarius Lond[iniens]is /
Bibliothecae M[agistr]i et / Sociorum Coll[egii] S[ancti] P[etri] / in
Acad[emia] Cant[abrigensi] / Ita testor La[zarus] Seaman." Luke Fawne was
a London bookseller, active at the Parrot in St Paul's Churchyard between
1631 and 1666. Lazarus Seaman (d.1675, see ODNB) was a Presbyterian and
intruded Master of Peterhouse from 1644 to 1660 (ejected August 1660). He
served as vice-chancellor in 1653-4, and was also active at Sion College
in London in the early 1650s. He was instrumental in securing John Cosin's
sequestered library for Peterhouse in 1644. SM.
天星日子. 明崇禎四年[1631]刊.
四周單邊. 白口. 無魚尾. There is a yellow title page with the words 「 崇禎
四年辛未歲」 across the top, and a dragon design in the upper half. In the
lower half are the words 「天星 / 郡庠生莊詠蓼致 / 日子」 in three vertical
columns. Some leaves in the calendar section have the words 造福小通書 in
the lower 版心.
存: 全. 一冊. Pembroke College, Cambridge, LC.I.34. The College's Benefactors'
Book records that the London merchant Edward Tines donated a Qu’ran,
probably the early 1630s, followed by a Chinese book in 1633. WP.
又一部.
存: pp.3-10, 13-16, 18, 20-21 (prefatory material); then the calendar section,
24 unnumbered leaves. 一冊. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MS.216
[Bernard no.1683]. The shelfmark of the volume suggests that it was given
to the College in the mid-17th century. The upper portion of the
title-leaf (bearing the date) is missing, but the date is also found in
the calendar section of the text, and the edition is identical with the
Pembroke copy.
陳良駿選辛亥年通書便覽. 康熙十年[1671]書林鄭氏刊.
Has red title-page with 擇日館原廣城今一館佛山高地街一館大壢. Back
endpaper has 鄭舖發行請認古鼎為記 with picture of tripod.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 96.
按: Popular almanacs are so ephemeral that it is tempting to think that this
item was picked up on the same voyage as the Southern Ming calendars for
1671 described above.
康熙二十九年庚午日用集福通書. 康熙二十九年[1690]石江書林梓行.
存: 全. 一冊. British Library, 15298.a.32. From the official papers of Thomas
Hyde. Cover inscription: "Chinensis liber seu comment(arius) in Lineolas
Fokianas, sc. quas posuit Imperator Foki." Title-page inscription:
"Sinicus commentarius in Lineolas Fokianas, positas ab Imperatore Foki,
quae in hac prima pagina cernuntur forma rotunda."
類編曆法通書大全. 嘉靖中[?]建陽書林刊.
存: 卷十至十九. 二冊. Escorial, G.IV.34-35.
按: A treatise on how to distinguish lucky and unlucky days.
MISCELLANEOUS
曆法正宗 不分卷. 崇禎十七年[1644]刊本.
存: 一冊. Cambridge University Library, Dd.4.48. There are two possible
provenances: the "liber Chinensis idiomatic" in the Donors' Book given
by Henry Isaacson (1581-1654); or the "Liber Chinensis impressus fol."
from Bishop John Moore's library, which was acquired by the Royal Library
and then presented to Cambridge in 1715 by George I. ZC.
岳陽樓記. 刊. 折裝.
White text on black.
存: 全. 折裝一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 63 [SC 4005].
按: A small 法帖, the calligraphy by (明)文徵明. ZG.
[法帖]. 刊.
Title at beginning of text is 名書集選法帖.
存: 17頁. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 91 [SC 2969]. Has limp vellum cover.
Ms. note in Latin on vellum cover, illegible. According to SC (2i, 558)
"acquired about 1618".
符讀書城南. 刊. 折裝一冊(四頁).
Has 臥雲齋勒 at end of text.
存: Bodleian Library, Sinica 5 [SC 2791].
按: Text by (唐)韓愈, calligraphy by (明)祝允明. ZG.
又一部.
存: Bodleian Library, Sinica 6 [SC 2793].
又一部.
存: Bodleian Library, Sinica 7 [SC 2794].
[抄本]. 一幅.
Ms. fragment, the last part of a document dated 萬曆四十五年[1617]九月十一
日.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Chin.d.2 [SC 8811].
JESUIT WORKS (religious)
天主降生出像經解. 崇禎中刊.
Preface dated 1637.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 60 [SC 4002]. Cover has ms. note in
Portuguese and dedication to William Thurston by P. Andre Xavier. This
copy is more complete than the Douce copy, having preserved its original
covers and IHS frontispiece; it is also printed on luxurious gold-flecked
paper. After examining copies in Paris and Rome, Yuming Sun (Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri) said "Sinica 60 is the best (and
most precious) of all extant copies". YS.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Douce Chin.d.6. This copy was brought to Europe
by Fr. François Noël, S.J. and was lodged in a Jesuit residence in the
Southern Low Countries (Lille, possibly). After the suppression of the
Society of Jesus in 1777 it was auctioned and entered the private
collection of Frans Korneel Cuypers de Rymenam in Brussels. This
collection was auctioned in 1802 and the copy was acquired by Francis
Douce. It passed to the Bodleian in 1834 along with the rest of his
collection. NG.
按: Illustrated life of Christ by Portuguese Jesuit Giulio Aleni. Ills. of
exceptional quality.
聖經直解. 崇禎中刊.
存: 目錄. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 61 [SC 4003]. Inscription as on
Sinica 60.
按: This is the index only to 聖經直解 (the gospels for Sundays and the main
festivals) tr. by the Portuguese Jesuit Emmanuel Diaz.
天學辨敬錄. 崇禎中刊.
Title at beginning of text is 孟士表先生辨敬錄. Has 金能堂 in lower 版心.
Has three prefaces, the last dated 崇禎壬午[1642].
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 56 [SC 3996]. Cover has ms. note in
Portuguese on title & author.
按: Treatise on Christianity by the Portuguese Jesuit Joao Monteiro.
JESUIT WORKS (secular)
表度說. 萬曆中刊.
Preface dated 萬曆甲寅[1614].
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 65 [SC 1960 (G.17)].
按: Work on gnomonics by the Italian Jesuit Sabatthinus de Ursis.
天問略. 萬曆中刊(甲本).
Perhaps the first edition of this work. AD. 周希令's preface lacks
characters in lower 版心. After 王應能's 刻天文略題詞 there is
繼刻有表度說簡平義說幾何天文諸書. Also, there are 4 more plates before
the main text, possibly being the earliest Chinese representations of
European dials. SY.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 66 [SC 1953 (G.9)].
天問略. 萬曆中刊(乙本).
From different blocks throughout, this is the more common edition of this
work, and is perhaps the second edition. AD. Has 刻天文略題詞 by 王應能
dated 萬曆乙卯[1615]. 自序 also has this date. 周希令's preface has
旌德劉光暘刊 in lower 版心.
存: 全. 一冊. Bodleian Library, Sinica 67 [SC 1960 (G.16)]. The covers are
shorter than the text-block, and the front cover bears the printed label
幾何原本第六卷. The cover bears the Golius catalogue no.16, "Philosophia
Chinensium, cum fig.", but Bernard changed this description to "Liber
Geographicus Chinensis, cum fig." It is possible that the cover did indeed
contain the text-block of 幾何原本 in the time of Golius, and that it
subsequently became detached and was erroneously stitched on to this
fascicle; Bernard, noting the discrepancy, may therefore have changed the
description to a subject which vaguely matches the illustrations.
按: Ptolemaic astronomy by the Portuguese Jesuit Emmanuel Diaz.
康熙十年二月十五日丁酉夜望月食圖. 康熙十年[1671]刊.
存: 全. 一冊. British Library, Or.74.b.6. From the official papers of Thomas
Hyde. Inscribed: "Phases lunares Sinico-Tartarice descriptae, viz. an account
of an eclipse as it appeared in China, printed in the Chinese and Tartar
languages answering to each other column-wise, printed by Father Verbiest
late Professor of Astronomy in China. This tho small in bulk, is a great
Rarity, it being the only thing of this kinde now in England. 1700."
又一部.
存: 全, 有缺. 一冊. British Library, Or.70.bbb.3. Sloane.
[Vocabularium Hispanico-Sinense]. Ms. 1 vol.
Chinese characters arranged in alphabetical order of pronunciation, with
Spanish equivalent.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 696 [1943 (G.ms.6), SC 9693].
[Thesaurus rarissimus]. Ms. 1 vol.
Chinese words, mostly bisyllables, arranged in alphabetical order of
pronunciation, with Spanish equivalent.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 111 [1941 (G.ms.4), SC 9106].
Vocabulario [...]. Ms. 1 vol.
Chinese-Portuguese word list, romanisation only, arranged in alphabetical
order.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 613 [1942 (G.ms.5), SC 9610].
PROTESTANT WORKS
Note: Both of the following manuscripts have been described by Koos
Kuiper: "The earliest monument of Dutch Sinological studies" in Quaerendo
35:1-2(2005), 109-139.
Compendium doctrinae Christianae. Ms. 1 vol.
A collection of works by Justus Heurnius (1587-1651/2), Dutch Protestant
missionary in Batavia (from 1624), dated 1628 (p.249a) and 1629 (p.215a).
Chinese text in columns, with pronunciation to left and Latin translation
to right. Heurnius was assisted by a Chinese who had studied Latin in
Macao, so Jesuit terminology is used. However, the work should be
considered an early Protestant missionary attempt among the Chinese. KK.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 456 [1940 (G.ms.2), SC 9454].
存: British Library, Sloane 2746 (bound with Dictionarium Sinense). KK.
存: Leiden University Library, Acad 224. KK.
Dictionarium Sinense. Ms. 1 vol.
Dutch-Chinese word list, also by Heurnius. Arranged in columns: 1st
column contains Dutch words (in alphabetical order) with Latin
translation, 2nd column has Chinese characters, 3rd has romanised
pronunciation.
存: Bodleian Library, MS.Marsh 678 [1939 (G.ms.1), SC 9675].
存: British Library, Sloane 2746 (bound with Compendium doctrinae Christianae).
KK.
存: Leiden University Library, Acad 225. Without the Latin translations. KK.