罗斯文库流散及现藏考述

An Investigation on the Loss and Existence of Ros's Collection

民国时期意大利驻华外交官朱塞普·罗斯因其藏书闻名于当时,其文库藏书宏富,数量惊人,却少有人亲睹全貌。罗斯文库在动荡年代几经流转,不复存在,其藏书下落成业界悬案。根据文库流散经过,可揭示文库的原貌和现藏地点。罗斯藏书分为5个部分:早期藏书以西文为主,现存北京国家图书馆;文库中的中国地图部分存留大连图书馆;罗斯广州旧藏幸存广州、台湾两地;其专藏海南岛史料现藏广州中山图书馆;罗斯藏书部分流转海外,详情尚待考证。

Giuseppe Ros, the Italian diplomat in the Republic of China era was famed for his collection, which was very rich but few people have seen. During the years of turmoil, Ros＇s collection went through great hardship, and could not be found anymore, becoming an unsolved case. According to the missing course of the collection, the overview and the storing place of the collection at present can be speculated. Ros＇s collection falls into five categories. Books collected at the early age were basically written in foreign languages and are now stored in National Library in Beijing. Some Chinese maps are retained in Dalian Library, whereas the old collection in Guangzhou survived fortunately and are now in Guangzhou and Taiwan. A special section of Hainan historical data is kept by Sun Yat-sen Library in Guangzhou. There are still parts of the collection somewhere overseas.