Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System
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DU PONCEAU, Peter S. A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, in a Letter to John Vaughan . To which are Subjoined, A Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese Language, by Father Joseph Morrone . and A Cochinchinese and Latin Dictionary, in Use among the R.C. Missions in Cochinchina. Phila.: American Philosophical Society, 1838. 1st ed. xxxii,375,[1, errata]pp. 10 lithographed plates of Chinese characters. Orig. muslin-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Very good or better. Major work by Du Ponceau (1760-1844), a prominent Franco-American linguist, lawyer, and polymath, accompanied by complementary works Du Ponceau was, at the time, President of the American Philosophical Society.
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