199O年,北京图书馆将编纂《北京图书馆中文古旧地图目录》列为北队“八五”业务建设规划项目之一。在馆领导和有关部门的关怀和支持下,舆图组即组织人员制订编辑方案和编写体例,对此工作作了具体部署。目前,这项工作已经完成,近70万字的《北京图书馆中文古旧地图目录》一书,也将由书目文献出版社出版。今特发该书前言,以飨读者。 In 199O, the Beijing Library listed “Catalog of Old Chinese Maps in Beijing Library” as one of the “Eight-Five” business development planning projects of the North Army. With the care and support of the museum leaders and relevant departments, the mapping group, that is, the staff of the organizing committee, formulated the editing scheme and writing style, and made specific arrangements for this work. At present, this work has been completed. Nearly 700,000 words of the “Catalog of Ancient Chinese Maps in Beijing Library” will also be published by the Bibliographic Publishing House. This idol preface to the book readers.