1987年,英国的竹林出版社(Bamboo Publishing Ltd.)出版了伦敦大学东方与非洲研究学院图书馆馆员约翰·鲁斯特(John Lust)编写的《1850年前出版的有关中国的西文图书》(Western Books on China Published up to 1850)。该书是鲁斯特所在图书馆在该方面的藏书目录。它收入了900多种出版于1550年至1850 In 1987, Bamboo Publishing Ltd. in the United Kingdom published a book on Chinese language published in China before 1850 by John Lust, a librarian at the Institute of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. (Western Books on China Published up to 1850). The book is a catalog of books in this area at Rust’s library. It earns over 900 titles published in 1550-1850