The Imperial Calendar of the Twenty-Fifth Year of the Yongli Emperor of the Great Ming, the year of Xinhai

Calendar of the Southern Ming dynasty made by the anti-Manchu loyalist regime led by Coxinga and his heirs. This is one of the earliest examples of printing in Taiwan. Currently bound in 18th century Western bindings, the book could have been part of the 50 copies of the same title sent by Zheng Jing as a gift to Henry Dacres, the East India Company's agent in Bantam. The calendars were objects of fascination for European intellectuals such as Elias Ashmole and Robert Boyle, who vaguely realised the books' connection to astrology. For more information, see http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/news/library-and-archives/17th-century-chinese-book-identified-christ-church-library-collections. The Imperial Calendar of the Twenty-Fifth Year of the Yongli Emperor of the Great Ming, the year of Xinhai