"This catalog lists 1,800 titles of European books formerly held by the Zikawei Library, now at the Shanghai Library. Titles are primarily in Latin or French, all published between 1515 and 1800. Subjects include philosophy, religion, literature, art, history, geography, law, mathematics, and astronomy. Languages include (in addition to above mentioned) Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and German, with a few titles in Arabic, Aramaic, Breton, Coptic, Chinese, Flemish, Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac."

"The compilation of this catalog was initiated by bibliographers Mr. Gong Jing 龔敬 and Ms. Huang Peiwei 黃培瑋 in 1989. It is published as a joint effort of the Shanghai Library and Prof. Edward J. Malatesta 馬愛德, S.J., Director of the Ricci Institute....prepared by Mr. Wu Xiaoxin 吳小新 ...with Ms. Vivian Wu 吳明栩 and Ms. Guo Yuan 郭源. Computer data ... by Mr. Wu Jianmin 吳建民 , Zhou Zengwen 周曾文 , Li Shixiong 李世雄, with the assistance of Fr. Christian Cochini 高照 明, S.J., and Fr. Wilfred Chan 陳友海, S.J....Mr. Mark Mir 馬克文 of the Ricci Institute verifed bibliographic information and established authority control ... Prof. Malatesta (and) Prof. Paul Rule 魯保祿 of La Trobe University... compiled the index."--Pref.
"The format and the contents of this catalog are based on that of the Catalogue de la bibliotheque du Pé-t'ang published in 1948 in Beijing"--pref.
Preface--Bibliography--Abbreviations and Sigla--Abbreviations of Religious Orders--Catalogue--Indexes
Keywords: Bibliotheca Major Zi-Ka-Wei, Zikawei, Xujiahui 徐家匯.