Shelfmark
MS 205
Title
Plan of Peking. manuscript map
Publication, distribution, etc.
China, 16--?
Physical description
1 sheet : paper, map ; ca. 41 x 55 cm.
Note
Manuscript map of Peking, possibly 17th century.
Note
Description based on notes by M. R. James in the interleaved, annotated copy of his Descriptive catalogue at ECL (MS 932).
Note
Finely drawn and coloured, with inscriptions in Chinese.
Note
Accompanied by a manuscript key (MS 205A) in French, late 18th century, combining a list and explanation of the lettering on the plan and a description of the palace, bearing former ECL shelfmark Bn.20.
Note
Formerly mounted on limp cloth and on rollers; relaid and remounted on stiff boards in 1920; cleaned, rebacked and reassembled in 1996.
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 205
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 3600
Provenance
Donor unknown; possibly Richard Topham, cf. ECL MS 379.
Subject
Manuscript maps.
Subject
Forbidden City (Beijing, China) Maps.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 associated name.
Added entry--place
China.
Language code
chi
Identifier
B50156