Meditationes Sinicae In Quibus I Consideratur Linguae Philosophicae Atque Universalis Natura

by Etienne Fourmont

$15,000 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Scarce first and sole edition of the author’s first work: an elaborate treatise on the Chinese [South Mandarin] language, “the second grammar to be published in Europe, preceded only by Bayer’s grammatical account [St. Petersburg, 1730]” (Löwendahl). As the first work printed with engraved Chinese type in France, Fourmont’s Meditationes..... More

• Binding: Leather

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