Month: March 2025
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Highlights of Manchu and Mongolian Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton, Part II: Printed Books
By Elvin Meng, the University of Chicago Generally speaking, it is far more likely for a manuscript to be one-of-a-kind than it is for a printed book, which by definition…
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Highlights of Manchu and Mongolian Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton, Part I: Manuscripts
By Elvin Meng, the University of Chicago In January 2025, through a Friends of the Princeton University Library Grant, I had spent around three weeks at Princeton University examining its…