古籍善本编目的又一进展--《浙江图书馆古籍善本书目》序

浙江图书馆建立于1900年，自建立起，就开始编撰本馆所藏书目，并陆续扩充、完善，很好地继承了我国藏书史的一个优良传统。1977年，浙江图书馆又参与全国古籍善本书总目的编纂，进行浙江全省古籍善本调查编目工作，后在此基础上，经过近20年的艰苦努力，又完成这部《浙江图书馆古籍善本书目》。该书的编纂既吸收《中国古籍善本书目》的经验，同时又有求实、创新的特色，对善本的标准、著录的体例、收辑的范围以及如何体现浙江的地方文献特色，都有新的摸索和收获，可以说是古籍编目的又一新成果。

A New Development of the Bibliography Cataloguing of the Ancient Rare Editions--Prelude for the Bibliography of the Ancient Rare Edition in Zhejiang Library

Zhejiang Library, from its founding in 1900, has been in the compilation of the bibliography of its collection of books, during which there has not been void of expansion and perfection. Thus the fruitful tradition in the collection of books in our country is being passed on. In 1977 Zhejiang Library participated in the edition of the general index for The ancient rare edition of the whole nation and engaged in investigating the bibliography of the ancient rare edition in Zhejiang province. After 20 years of hard work the profou nd project was finished. This book not only took in the lesson in The Chinese bibliography of the ancient rare edition but also characterized itself with the special features- being realistic and creative. At the same time it had new resear ches and gained in some aspects such as the standard of the ancient rare edition s, the style of the recording, the scope of the ingathering, how to reflect the characteristics of local literature in Zhejiang. In a word, the book is a new pr ogeny for the bibliography of the ancient works.