Prior to World War II, a collection of Chinese manuscripts and printed books made by him was in the
Royal Library at Berlin, and another of
porcelains of considerable historical importance in the
Gotha Museum; most of the Hirth collection from the
Staatsbibliothek in Berlin is now in
Kraków.[2] As an investigator he conducted researches in
Chinese literature by imitation of the methods of classical
philology.
Works
"The Hoppo-Book of 1753". Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 17: 221–235. 1882. Translates and annotates a merchant log dealing with the Superintendent of Customs or "
Hoppo".
China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient and Mediœval Relations as Represented in Old Chinese Records (1885)
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