西域同文志 / Xiyu tongwenzhi Imperial dictionary of western Chinese languages

by Fuheng

$400 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Beijing : Central Nationalities Institute, 1984. 24 juan in 16 volumes, stab stitched Chinese styles, text in Manchurian, Mandarin, Mongolian, Tibetan, Tangutan, and Uygurian; gray paper covers with title labels, one volume with a bumped corner, the rest fine in fine original cloth cases. Originally compiled in 1763, Xiyu tongwenzhi is an imperially endorsed multi-language dictionary of languages spoken in Western China. It is divided thematically into 15

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