Systema phoneticum scripturæ sinicæ.

A$4,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Macao : [s.n.], 1841. Two volumes in one, small quarto (250 x 170 mm), half morocco over cloth (small mark to upper board), spine in compartments with gilt ornament and lettering; marbled edges and endpapers; Vol. I: title-leaf in Latin (bound without Chinese title-leaf, list of subscribers, and dedication leaf), pp. iii (preface), 1-84, xxxvi, 1-64, [1 index], [1 blank]; Vol. II: title-leaf, pp. [ii], 1-500, [1 errata], [1 blank]; text in Latin, Chinese and French; occasional pasted-over corrections to the Chinese text; hinges cracked, contents clean throughout. the most important of Calleri s sinological works (Löwendahl). This manual on the phonetic system of Chinese script was printed on a press established by Calleri, operated by six Chinese servants inexperienced in European languages, using a small set of used type. Joseph-Gaëtan-Pierre-Maxime-Marie Calleri (aka Callery) arrived in Macau in 1836 and studied language under renowned sinologist Joachim Alfonso Gonçalves. Cordier, BS , 1597-98; Löwendahl, 960; Lust, 1008; Zenker II 6655

• Binding: Hardcover

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