Chinese Collections

The Chinese Collection has received the first package of the Jingchu Library donated by Hubei Provincial Office of the Working Committee of Jingchu Library, which includes 111 titles in 200 volumes. Hubei, known also as Jingchu, has cultivated a broad and profound regional culture in the long river of history of China. Jingchu culture, being an important part of Chinese culture, has left rich literature treasures. Jingchu Library is the largest document collation, research and publishing project in Hubei’s history. It is planned to include 1,372 titles of literature from past dynasties and monographs of modern studies, with about 1,600 volumes, and will be completed in 10 years.

The State of Ohio has a sister state relationship with Hubei Province, China, while The Ohio State University is a sister university of Wuhan University, the largest university in Hubei Province. The addition of the Jingchu Library to our library collection of Chinese studies will benefit to the teaching and research on and beyond OSU campus.

For the introduction see HERE

For the list of books see HERE

Our library received a batch of precious gifts from the Shanghai Library—— Chinese collection of impressions of seals by famous seal engravers. There is a total of 18 titles with a total value of around $2,000.

The seal book is a book by connoisseurs who have searched for seals and seal carvings of famous masters to compile and print them for research, appreciation and copying. The Chinese imprints originated in the Song Dynasty, but the earliest imprints that can be seen are “Jigu Yinpu” edited by Gu Congde in the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty in 1572. This set of imprints consists of six volumes, including the author’s own collection and Among the seals collected by others, there are more than 150 jade seals and 1,600 bronze seals.

There are three types of common imprints: original seal, reprint, and photocopy. In addition, there is a picture book imprint that is more precious and rarer. This kind of imprint is generally designed and integrated for the printed manuscript (that is, the author’s design draft before the seal and seal cutting) is regarded as the ancestor of the imprint. There is no seal in circulation, and it was used as a treasure for the court when it was made. In addition, the original seal book (hand rubbing print spectrum) has the highest collection value. On the one hand, due to the exquisite use of paper, editing and printing, ancient printed music is itself a rare copy of ancient books; moreover, due to manual seal printing, the rareness of its existence caused by the difficulty of its extension has become a non-renewable cultural resource. There are dozens of books, and a few are left alone, so they have great documentary and historical materials and cultural transfer value. The collection of printed scores is particularly expensive in the collection of printed scores of famous artists and the printed collections of celebrities. The former can see the full picture of the seal collectors, and the latter is not only for appreciation, but also has important reference significance for the identification of works by famous calligraphy and painting artists.

LIST:

• 传朴堂藏印菁华(珍本印谱丛刊)
• 慈溪张氏鲁盦印选(珍本印谱丛刊)
• 赵之谦二金蝶堂印谱两种(珍本印谱丛刊)
• 乐只室印谱(秋水斋金石丛刊)
• 西京职官印录(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第一辑)
• 隋唐以来官印集存(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第一辑)
• 滨虹草堂藏古玺印(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第二辑)(影印版)
• 齐鲁古印攈(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第二辑)(影印版)
• 圣谕十六条印谱(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第二辑)
• 具茨山房印稿(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第二辑)
• 皇明印史(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第三辑)
• 范氏集古印谱(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第三辑)
• 七十二候印谱(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第三辑)
• 四香堂摹印(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第三辑)
• 续古印式(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第三辑)
• 兰亭序印存(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第四辑)
• 颐素齐印谱(中国珍稀印谱原典大系 第一编 第四辑)
• 印邮(中国图书馆藏珍稀印谱丛刊 天津图书馆卷)(二函八册)