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Significant Special Collections Acquisition

Daniell, Thomas (1749–1840) and Daniell, William (1769–1837). A picturesque voyage to India by the way of China, London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1810.

This popular pictorial work consists of 50 unnumbered plates of hand-coloured aquatint illustrations. The volume depicts the inhabitants of China and India and includes descriptions of each plate, and showcases the places visited by the artists on their many journeys to China and India. The work of the Daniells was in high demand in the 19^th century and captured the imagination of the British public.

Cocoa Nut & Betel Trees

Chinese Junks

This popular pictorial work consists of 50 unnumbered plates of hand-coloured aquatint illustrations. The volume depicts the inhabitants of China and India and includes descriptions of each plate, and showcases the places visited by the artists on their many journeys to China and India. The work of the Daniells was in high demand in the 19^th century and captured the imagination of the British public.

RICCI, Matteo (1552–1610), and TRIGAULT, Nicolas (1577–1628). De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Iesu ex P. Matthaei Riccii eiusdem Societatis commentariis libri V. Editio recens ab eodem auctore multis in locis aucta et recognita, Lyon: Sumptibus Horatii Cardon, 1616

Title page

Published one year after the first edition, the second edition of Ricci’s accounts of China reflects the huge interest in Chinese culture and customs in Europe at the time. The prominent engraved title page shows Matteo Ricci and Francis Xavier in an architectural framework, flanking Ricci’s map of China. A folding plan showing the church where Ricci’s tomb is located is also present. The author Nicolas Trigault was a highly successful procurator who garnered the Pope’s support for the China mission.

New Electronic Resources
The following major resources have been purchased/subscribed to since April 2023:

Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century (Coverage: 1838–Early 1900s)
Alternate Name: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century

A collection of full-text periodicals depicting American musical life from 1838 to the early 1900s through local and international news, reviews, editorials, sheet music and advertisements. Over 200,000 pages of material will be available on the Alexander Street multimedia platform for research; this is the only resource that allows users to cross-search the full text of all articles with videos, audio recordings, photographs, scores and reference texts.

National Geographic (Coverage: 1888–Present)
Alternate Name: National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Virtual Library brings the National Geographic Society to the library through a cross-searchable platform. The collection includes National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic History and National Geographic Traveler.

Oxford Legal Research Library
Alternate Name: OLRL

This contains a collection of international commercial law documents, providing integrated and fully searchable digital access to some of the leading works in the field of international business law.

Sage Video (Coverage: 1920–Present)

This showcases educational videos across business, education, social, behavioural and health science disciplines. All videos are citable and have searchable transcripts, custom clip creation, embedding and other video player features included.

The Work (Coverage: 1954–Present)

The database covers over 250,000 pieces of work in creative communications, advertising and related fields, including every Cannes Lions entry since 2001.

中醫中藥古籍大系全文庫 (Chinese Only)

This series includes 104 works of traditional Chinese medicine and 100 Japanese medical books from previous dynasties, covering the most commonly used and classic works in the field of Chinese medicine, such as Huangdi Neijing, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Compendium of Materia Medica, Puji Fang, etc.

可知 (Chinese Only)
Alternate Name: Keledge

This e-book platform contains the exclusive collections of several professional knowledge publishing houses. It currently includes over 300 e-books on philosophy, religion, politics and law.