Nanjing Public Library

The public library in the city of Nanjing. The third-largest public library in China. Established in 1907 it’s the earliest public library in China and served as the national central library during the Republic of China. So far, with its 8-million volume collection. As a main storeroom for literary heritage of Jiangsu province and the whole country at large, NL houses more than 1.6 million ancient books, among which the most precious are 10,000 sets, i.e. 100,000 volumes of rare Chinese books almost covering the full timeline of book history, from Buddhist manuscripts of the Tang Dynasty 1,400 years ago to oldest prints of the Ming dynasty in the 14th century. Besides, exclusive collection of documents of the Republic of China wins for NL high reputation from domestic and abroad.