Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection, Library of Congress

CATEGORY

Digital Manuscript and Rare Book Collections

INSTITUTION

Library of Congress

URL

https://www.loc.gov/collections/chinese-rare-books/about-this-collection/

DESCRIPTION

The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection draws from the 5,300 titles of Chinese rare books housed at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. The online presentation includes nearly 2,000 digitized rare titles. The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection includes the most valuable titles and editions housed in the Library's Asian Division, some of which date back to the 11th or 12th century and are the only extant copies in the world. This new digital collection brings together printed books, manuscripts, Buddhist sutras, works with hand-painted pictures, local gazetteers, and ancient maps.