Fonds SC7 - The Cities and Towns of China

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 SC7

Titre

The Cities and Towns of China

Date(s)

  • [1879 - 1910] (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 volume printed and handwritten

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

George Macdonald Home Playfair was born on 22 August 1850 at Shahjehanpore, Bengal, India, and educated at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire, and Trinity College, Dublin. He joined the China Consular Service in 1872 as a student interpreter. Heread more

Histoire archivistique

The book was part of the Library of Lionel Charles Hopkins (1854-1952), a British Sinologist noted for his study of the Chinese language. On his death a gift of his books were presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Lionel Handley Derry.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

The volume was presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Lionel Handley Derry on 2 June 1952, as part of a bequest from the Library of Lionel Charles Hopkins. This is recorded in the Report for the Anniversary meeting, found in the Journal of the Royalread more

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

A proof volume of what seems to be a partial version of G.M.H. Playfair's, The Cities and Towns of China. The front cover and spine have been lost and the back cover is loose. The text covers from p.253-417, No to Zimerick, with subsequent Appendices ofread more

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.read more

Conditions de reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Langue des documents

  • chinois
  • anglais

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

The Society's Library Collections has a second edition of Playfair's The Cities and Towns of China, published by Kelly & Walsh Limited, Shanghai, 1910.

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Identifiant de la description

gb891-sc7

Note de l'archiviste

The volume was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.