Ben shu zhu yao shou lu Yingguo Manchesite da xue The John Rylands Library suo cang Han wen gu ji wen xian. Fan wei bao kuo: 1911 nian qian cheng gao, chao xie, kan ke, yin shua huo 1911 nian yi hou yi chuan tong zhu lu fang shi bian zhuan, cheng gao de wen xian jie yu yi zhu lu. Ling wai hai zhuo qing shou lu le bu fen Han Man dui yi, Han xi dui yi de wen xian, chun Man wen, chun wai wen wen xian ji Minguo yi hou yin shua de bao kan za zhi deng, yi jiao wei quan mian de fan ying gai guan cang shu, fan zhu lu 605 bu. Manchesite da xue JRL suo cang Zhong wen tu shu sui jiao Zhongguo guo nei zhu guan yao shao, dan zai shou cang Han ji de Ouzhou zhu guan zhong que chu yu qian lie. Cong zheng ti shang kan, gai guan zhong lei fan duo, wu bu ju quan, you yi jing shi zi san bu zui duo, qi zhong bu fa xi jian zhi shu.
本书主要收录英国曼彻斯特大学The John Rylands Library所藏汉文古籍文献. 范围包括: 1911年前成稿, 抄写, 刊刻, 印刷或1911年以后以传统著录方式编撰, 成稿的文献皆予以著录.另外还酌情收录了部分汉满对译, 汉西对译的文献, 纯满文, 纯外文文献及民国以后印刷的报刊杂志等, 以较为全面地反映该馆藏书, 凡著录605部. 曼彻斯特大学JRL所藏中文图书虽较中国国内诸馆要少, 但在收藏汉籍的欧洲诸馆中却处于前列. 从整体上看, 该馆种类繁多, 五部俱全, 尤以经史子三部最多, 其中不乏稀见之书.