《中国书文化要览》收集了从远古直到一八四○年为止跟书有关的文化史料,包括文字、书史、出版发行、典藏、编目、工具书和历代名著等方面的内容。以编年体为主是这本书的一大特色。以往讲书文化的著述中偶然附有史表,而以编年为主旨的所知仅《约园元明刊本编年书目》(近人张寿镛编,见《约园杂著三编》卷四)为此创举。为了保持史料的完整、不致过分零散,本 The Book of Chinese Culture collects cultural materials related to books from ancient times until 1840, including the history of written materials, books, publications, collections, catalogs, reference books, and historical masterpieces. The main body of the year is a major feature of this book. In the past, there was a historical list attached to books and periodicals in the past, but only Chien-yuan’s books (edited by Zhang Shou-yi, Create for this. In order to maintain the integrity of historical data, not overly fragmented, this