Appears as-new with no tears, stains, or markings; binding, cover, text block, and pages are all in excellent condition; no shelf wear. A hard-to-find catalog of Chinese history books in the Chinese language.

The Condensed Catalog of Complete Library by Yong Rong is the abridged edition of the ""Comprehensive table of contents "", which is the directory of the ""Complete Library"", the largest series of books in Chinas history which is compiled in Emperor Qianlong period in Qing dynasty. As there are too many books in the ""Comprehensive table of contents of Complete Library"" to be used conveniently, Ji Yun, head of the imperial library, and others makes compression and abridging by removing those books with only catalogue and keeping those with content. It contains twenty volumes and 3470 kinds of books. Its synopsis is also capsuled. It makes a more comprehensive assessment to the content of Chinas ancient books, hence a reference book to those general readers who would like to understand Chinas cultural heritage and will then be encouraged to read the original work.

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