title: [Study on two manuscripts with colored illustrations collected in France].
abstract: Two manuscripts with colored illustrations in French libraries were investigated. The research showed that: the first manuscript with colored pictures include 2 volumes, titled Animaux et Plantes de Chine collected in Library of Museum National d'Historie Naturelle (MNHN);the other manuscript with colored pictures has only 1 volume, titled Botanique Chinoise collected in Library of Societe Asiatique, College de France, which were identified as illustrations of Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica) (1640 edition) by Li Shi-zhen. These pictures were copied by P. d'Incarville, and are similar to Plantes fleurs et arbres de Chine in Bibliotheque de l'Institut de Franceand, Collection de Plantes Veneneuses de la Chine Gravees et Imprimees en Couleurs par les Missionnaries Jesuites in Bibliotheque Nationale de France, respectively. The latter two manuscripts were identified as illustrations of Ben cao pin hui jing yao (Essential Collections of Materia Medica) (1700 edition).
authors.affiliation: SPACE, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhuhai, 519020, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao