Author: Shengjie, Liu; Ng, Francis; Editors-in-Chief.
Title: Historical Treasures of China: A Collection of Rare Manuscripts from the Archives of Hebei Province.
Description: (Hong Kong: Zero to One Publishing Ltd.), (1999). (1999). - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide], maroon cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the rear cover is rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed with some light creasing to its top & bottom edges and with a chip to the top of the front fold. 219 & [4] pages plus colophon with an order form laid in. Profuse illustrations, including numerous facsimiles, in color and black & white. Very good.

First edition.

The third volume in the series Historical Treasures of China which aims to provide historians and scholars with a sampling of the documents held in the many Provincial Archives across Chin. Hebei Province is in the northern section of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. The Hebei Archives house more than 500,000 documents ranging from the Qing Dynasty to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

The text accompanying the manuscripts is in Chinese and English. Very good .

Keywords: HISTORY; CHINA; PROVINCIAL ARCHIVE; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; HISTORICAL TREASURES OF CHINA: A Collection of Rare Manuscripts from the Archives of Hebei Province; LIU SHENGJIE; FRANCIS NG; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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