A syllabic dictionary of the Chinese language; arranged according to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin, with the pronunciation of the characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, an Shanghai

by S. Wells Williams

$650 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1903. Fourth edition, 4to, pp. lxxxiv, 1250, 2 ; parallel title in Chinese; lexicon in triple column; contemporary tan buckram, spine stamped in black; spine darkened, corners of the last 75 leaves curled, else a very good, sound, and clean copy. The original edition of the dictionary, published in 1874, consisted of 12,527 characters, 'contained in 10,940 articles, and placed under 522 syllables, which follow

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