• Manuals for Learning Pidgin and Creole

    Manuals for Learning Pidgin and Creole

    Cover and sample page of food-related vocabulary of the Macao Creole language (澳門番語雜字全本, Libri sin. N.S. 849), and Chinese Pidgin English (紅毛畨話貿易湏知, Hirth 96-5). Both published in 廣州 and researched by Takata in our anniversary volume

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  • Covers Of Vietnamese Books from the 1950s, 60s and 70s

    Covers Of Vietnamese Books from the 1950s, 60s and 70s

    A panorama of Vietnamese book covers from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. They show a small selection from the approximately 20,000 volumes comprising the Vietnam collection of the Berlin State Library. Further information on this can also be found in our blog.  

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  • Illustration from the Flora Japanica [sic!]

    Illustration from the Flora Japanica [sic!] The Flora Japanica [sic!] was a gift from Andreas Cleyer (1634-1697) to the Great Elector Frederick William in 1685 and is therefore one of the earliest pieces from Japan to be included in the collection of today's Stabi. Call number: Libri picturati 41/42

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