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创建于1800年的美国国会图书馆,是目前世界上最大的图书馆。据2006年统计,馆藏图书总数多达1亿余件,共有470种不同的语言。其中除了三分之一是英文数据外,三分之二是世界其它语言数据,中文数据的收藏占有重要地位。一美国国会图书馆的中文藏书始于1869年。1867年美国国会通过了国际书籍交换法案,1868年美国政府赠书予中国清政府。1869年同治皇帝回赠的包括《本草纲目》和《梅氏丛书》等10种共933册中文古籍,成为国会图书馆最早的中文收藏。其后较大的中文图书入藏有:1879
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. According to statistics in 2006, there are over 100 million books in total in 470 different languages. Among them, one-third of the data is in English and two-thirds are in other languages of the world. The collection of Chinese data occupies an important position. A Chinese Library of Congress collection of Chinese books began in 1869. In 1867, the U.S. Congress passed the International Book Exchange Act. In 1868, the U.S. government donated books to the Qing government in China. In 1869, Tongchu Emperor returned 1033 kinds of Chinese ancient books including 10 Compendium of Materia Medica and Mei Shu Series, becoming the earliest Chinese collection in the Library of Congress. Later, the larger Chinese books were: 1879