Hubei Official Bookshop (sold)
Hubei Official Bookshop (湖北官書局； 1864 - 1912), also known as Chongwen Bookstore (崇文書局), was a publisher based in Wuchang (Wuhan), Hubei in the late Qing period. As its name implies, the firm was closely affiliated with the Qing government and primarily published maps and Chinese classical texts. It was an important innovator among Chinese publishers and was an early adopter (especially among non-missionary presses) of lithographic printing techniques. In 2014, a retrospective compendium (湖北官書局版刻圖錄) of the Hubei Official Bookshop's maps and other works was published by the Hubei Educational Publishing House.
Landmark Administrative Map of the Late Qing.
皇朝直省府廳州縣全圖 / [Complete Map of the Dynasty's Provinces, Prefectures, Subprefectures, Departments, and Counties].
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A massive 1864 administrative map of Qing China, published by the Hubei Official Bookshop. When published, it represented the best and most comprehensive administrative map of China. It continued to serve as the basis for large-format administrative maps until the end of the dynasty in 1912 and into the Republican period (1912 - 1949). (more details)