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Classification of the Morrison Collection in Toyo Bunko

"The Morrison Collection: This collection was painstakingly amassed by George Ernest Morrison during his 20-year residency in Beijing. Contains approximately 24,000 volumes in Western languages dealing with China and its neighbors and includes about 1,000map/lithograph titles, about 7,200 pamphlets, and over 120 periodicals. Of particular value are 54 editions of Marco Polo's Description of the World including a copy of the first Latin printing in 1485. The reader will also find 500 dictionaries of Chinese The Library dialects, approximately 300 titles published in the West on Russo-Japanese War, reports of survey expeditions to Central Asia, books on China written by the earliest Christian missionaries to travel there.

The Morrison II Collection: Contains materials related to Southeast Asia collected by Morrison's son Alistair and his wife, Hedda."

Titles
  • Classification of the Morrison Collection in Toyo Bunko
KOS Type
Subject
Languages
  • en
  • ja
Created 1924
URI http://bartoc.org/en/node/1864
Homepage http://124.33.215.236/morisoncategory/
Access
Format
Publisher
Address
  • 2-28-21 Honkomagome
  • Bunkyo
  • 113-0021
  • Japan
Languages
  • en
  • ja