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Reference.- Walravens (Hartmut) Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the

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Nicolson (William) The English historical library...Giving A Short View and Character of most of our: Nicolson (William) The English historical library...Giving A Short View and Character of most of our Historians either in Print or Manuscript: With an Account of our Records, Law-Books, Coins..., seco

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Reference.- Walravens (Hartmut) Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the

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Reference.- Walravens (Hartmut) Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, 1994 § Braarvig (Jens, editor) Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, 2 vol., constituting vol. 1 & 3 from the Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection series, colour illustrations, original cloth, a touch rubbed, Oslo, Hermes Publishing, 2000-2002; and others, reference, many in Chinese, including an 11 vol. history of Chinese printmaking, 4to & folio (c.30)

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Reference.- Walravens (Hartmut) Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the

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