A tool for downloading ancient books, currently supporting approximately 50+ digital libraries in China, Europe, and Japan.
User Guide
Open the webpage of the latest official version, download the version that matches your operating system (Windows, MacOS, or Linux), and unzip it to any folder on your computer.
For example: D:\bookget folder (the path should not contain Chinese characters, spaces, or other special symbols).
Double-click on bookget to run it, and enter the URL as prompted.
How to enter? You don't have to type it letter by letter. You can copy the URL first, right-click the mouse, and then paste it. After pressing the "Enter" key on the keyboard, the download will start.
For example: Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Books (National Library of China)
$ bookget
Enter an URL:
-> http://read.nlc.cn/allSearch/searchDetail?searchType=1002&showType=1&indexName=data_892&fid=411999021002
https://github.com/deweizhu/bookget/wiki
Supported Libraries
Digital libraries in China:
[China] National Library of China
[China] Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
[China] Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library
[China] National Palace Museum in Taipei - Rare Books
[China] Sichuan Province Ancient Books Digital Library
[China] Yunnan Province Ancient Books Digital Library
[China] Tianyi Pavilion Museum Ancient Books Digital Library
[China] Guangzhou Dadian
[China] Shenzhen Ancient Books Digital Library
[China] Luoyang Library
[China] Wenzhou Library - Ouyue Memory
[China] Taiwan Huawen E-Book Library
[China] Palace Museum in Beijing - Famous Paintings of the Palace Museum or Mobile End - Famous Paintings of the Palace Museum
[China] China Root-Seeking Network (National Library)
[China] National Philosophy and Social Science Documentation Center - Ancient Books
[China] Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books Digital Library
[China] Yunnan Digital Local Chronicles Museum
[China] University of Hong Kong Digital Library
[China] Suzhou Museum - Ancient Books
[China] Precious Ancient Books of Jiangsu Universities
[China] Precious Ancient Books of Jiangsu Province
Digital libraries in Europe and America:
[USA] Harvard University Library - Harvard-Yenching Library - Chinese Rare Books
[USA] Hathitrust Digital Library
[USA] Princeton University Library
[USA] Library of Congress
[USA] Stanford University Library
[Germany] Berlin State Library
[Germany] Bavarian State Library or www.digitale-sammlungen.de
[UK] Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
[UK] British Library (Manuscripts)
[USA] familysearch.org Chinese Genealogy Collection 1239-2014
[USA] familysearch.org Pedigree Images
[USA] Smithsonian Institution
[USA] East Asia Library, University of California, Berkeley
[Austria] National Library
Digital libraries in Japan:
[Japan] Kyoto University Library
[Japan] National Diet Library
[Japan] E-National Treasure e-Museum
[Japan] Imperial Household Agency Shoryobu
[Japan] Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
[Japan] National Archives of Japan (Internal Library Collection)
[Japan] Toyo Bunko
[Japan] Waseda University Library
[Japan] National Database of Classical Literature
[Japan] Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
[Japan] National Museum of Japanese History and Folklore
[Japan] Mizusawa Library
[Japan] Keio University Library
[Japan] Kansai University Library
[Japan] Komazawa University Digital Rare Book Collection
[Japan] Osaka Prefectural Library
[Japan] Tokyo National Museum
[Japan] Ryukoku University Library - Rare Materials
Other digital libraries:
[World] International Dunhuang Project
[South Korea] Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies
[South Korea] National Institute of Korean History
[South Korea] National Library
[Russia] National Library
[Vietnam] Han-Nom Ancient Books and Documents Digitization Project
[Vietnam] National Library - Han Nong Library
Tool Download
Open https://github.com/deweizhu/bookget/releases and download the latest version.