A Tibetan-English dictionary with special reference to the prevailing dialects. To which is added an English-Tibetan vocabulary

Jaeschke, H. A., late Moravian missionary at Kyelang, British Lahoul

Published by [printed by Unger Bros (Th. Grimm), Berlin], London, 1881

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First edition of the second Tibetan-English dictionary published; large 8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 671, [1]; early 20th century brown cloth-packed marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine; some toning but still a very good, sound and mostly clean copy. Heinrich Jaeschke (or Jäschke), one of the greatest western pioneers of Tibetan studies, "was a German-born Moravian missionary and scholar of the Tibetan language. From 1857-1868 he was based near the Tibetan border at Kailang in northern India. Together with fellow missionary August Wilhelm Heyde, Jaeschke collected plants in the region of Rupshu and Lahaul. J.E.T. Aithchison's paper, "Lahul, its Flora and Vegetable Products etc" (Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, 1868) was based on Jaeschke's studies, and the genus Jaeschkea Kurz was named in his honour. Jaeschke also worked on a Tibetan translation of the Bible and other linguistic works, including the precursor to this, his Romanized Tibetan and English dictionary printed by lithography in British Lahoul in 1866. He lived in Germany from 1868 onwards" (Global Plants). This is not the first Tibetan-English dictionary. That honor goes to Sándor Csoma de K?rös (1784-1842), a Hungarian. His dictionary was published in Calcutta by the Baptist Mission Press, in 1834. Not in Vancil; Zaunmuller, 377. Seller Inventory # 67936

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Tibetan-English dictionary with special ...

Publisher: [printed by Unger Bros (Th. Grimm), Berlin], London

Publication Date: 1881

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition