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August 23, 2000
Philip K. Hu Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China Queens Borough Public Library in association with Morning Glory Publishers and Art Media Resources, 1999. 370 pp.; 180 color ills. Paper $65.00 (0964533715)
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This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue bring together for the first time in the United States a dazzling variety of Chinese rare books, rubbings and maps from the extensive holdings of the National Library of China, Beijing. This joint enterprise was organized by the National Library of China and the Queens Borough Public Library as part of an on-going effort to increase international professional cooperation and information exchange between these two institutions. While the quality...