Analytic dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese

Karlgren, Bernhard, 1889-1978.

Published by Paris : Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 13 RueJacob 6e ; Vienne (Autriche) : Imprimerie Adolphe Holzhausen, 1923, 1923

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3 p. l., 436 p. 28 cm. ; LCCN: 24-11164 ; OCLC: 5191860 ; LC: PL1455; Dewey: 135.13 ; n-4° ; green cloth in half-black leather ; ".Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), whose research in a great variety of fields, particularly the historical phonology of the Chinese language, laid the foundations for modern western sinology. [His] seventy years were filled with intense scholarly activities-including his disputatio for the PhD in Uppsala in 1915; his subsequent career as professor of East Asian languages at Gothenburg University, 1918-39; and his directorship of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, 1939-59. For many years he served as vice-chancellor of Gothenburg University and as president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities. He also played a leading role in various endeavors to strengthen the standing of Swedish humanities."--N. G. D. Malmqvist ; repair to spine ; foxing ; neat, scholarly annotations in places ; scarce 1st edition of an extremely important llinguistic work ; G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analytic dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese
• Publisher: Paris : Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 13 RueJacob 6e ; Vienne (Autriche) : Imprimerie Adolphe Holzhausen, 1923
• Publication Date: 1923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book