A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, in a Letter to John Vaughan, esq . To which are subjoined, a Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language by Father Joseph Morrone, R.C. Missionary at Saigon, . And a Cochinchinese and Latin Dictionary, in use among the R.C. Missions in Cochinchina. Philadelphia, for the American Philosophical Society, 1838.

DU PONCEAU, PETER STEPHEN & MORRONE, JOSEPH & DE LA PALUN:

Published by 1838

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Pp. (ii), xxxii, 375, (1). With ten lithographic plates with Chinese characters. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper label on spine, small notch to the upper cover. First edition. Du Ponceau, president of the American Philosophical Society, published several philological works even though he was a lawyer by profession. He founded the Law Academy in Philadelphia in 1821. This work "helps to show the extent of American knowledge of China at the outbreak of the opium trouble". (Latourette (1917) p. 176. Cordier BS 1739-40 & BI 2281-82. Löwendahl 926. Lust 982. Vater p.18. ("Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Phil. Society. Vol. ii. ").

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• Title: A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, in a Letter to John Vaughan, esq . To which are subjoined, a Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language by Father Joseph Morrone, R.C. Missionary at Saigon, . And a Cochinchinese and Latin Dictionary, in use among the R.C. Missions in Cochinchina. Philadelphia, for the American Philosophical Society, 1838.
• Publisher: 1838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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