We now have access to China Ancient Books Catalogue, via China International Book Trading Corporation (CIBTC).

About this e-resource
The General Catalogue of Chinese Ancient Books is a general catalogue of existing Chinese ancient books, which aims to comprehensively reflect the varieties, editions and collection status of Chinese ancient books stored in major libraries in China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and some overseas libraries.

The “General Catalogue” collects Chinese books written by people from ancient times to the early Republic of China and copied, engraved, typeset, and photocopied, gathers the records of various collections, follows the traditional four-part classification method, and classifies and records the titles and volumes of each book, the author’s era, the author’s name, the method of writing, the year of publication, the publisher, the place of publication, the type of edition, and the inscription of each book, and at the same time reflects the information of the main collection institutions of each book.

The “General Catalogue” has completed the largest investigation and description of the existing Chinese ancient books so far, recorded most of the editions of the existing Chinese ancient books, and recorded the rare varieties of Chinese ancient books collected by libraries in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, North America, Western Europe, etc., providing bibliographic tools for experts and scholars and a communication platform for ancient book peers.