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The Couling-Chalfant collection of inscribed oracle bone

Title: The Couling-Chalfant collection of inscribed oracle bone, drawn by Frank H. Chalfant, edited by Roswell S. Britton.
Author: Chalfant, F. Herring (Frank Herring), 1862-1914.
Publication: Shanghai, The Commercial press, ltd., 1935.

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4 p. ℓ., 132 pl., 1 ℓ.; 30 cm.

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Printed on double leaves folded in Chinese style.
Title and preface also in Chinese: Kʻu Fang erh shih tsʻang chia ku pu tzʻu.
Contains some of the "sketch-plates" from the author's unpublished work Bone inscriptions. cf. Pref.
"Distribution of the collection: Royal Scottish museum, Edinburgh, Scotland ... 760 pieces ... Acquired from Couling in 1909. Carnegie museum, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. ... 438 pieces ... Acquired from Chalfant in 1909. British museum, London ... 485 pieces ... Acquired from Couling 1911. Field museum of natural history, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. ... 4 pieces ... Acquired from Chalfant in 1913."--4th prelim. leaf.

Call Number

*OVE+ (Couling, S. Couling-Chalfant collection of inscribed oracle bone)

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37012461

OCLC

4704605

Author

Chalfant, F. Herring (Frank Herring), 1862-1914.

Title

The Couling-Chalfant collection of inscribed oracle bone, drawn by Frank H. Chalfant, edited by Roswell S. Britton.

Imprint

Shanghai, The Commercial press, ltd., 1935.

Added Author

Couling, Samuel, 1859-1922.

Britton, Roswell S. (Roswell Sessoms), 1897-1951.

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Oracle bone.

Kʻu Fang erh shih tsʻang chia ku pu tzʻu.

Research Call Number

*OVE+ (Couling, S. Couling-Chalfant collection of inscribed oracle bone)