Francisco Varo's glossary of the Mandarin language

by W. South Coblin

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Nettetal : Monumenta Serica Institute, 2006 . First edition, 8vo, pp. 583, 1 ; 7 , 586-1033, 1 ; fine copy in original green cloth printed in white on upper covers and spines. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series LIII. Volume I: An English and Chinese Annotation of the Vocabulario de la Ledngue Mandarina; volume II: Pinyin and English Index of the Vocabulario de la Ledngue Mandarina The first lexicographical work by missionaries was a Portuguese-Chinese

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