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

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Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1896. Third edition, 1 volume in 2; 4to, pp. lxxxiv, 500; 501-1150; parallel title in Chinese; lexicon in triple column; contemporary quarter brown cloth, gilt-stamped spines; prelims and terminals of both volumes a bit toned; all else very good, sound, and internally clean. The original edition of the dictionary, published in 1874, consisted of 12,527 characters, 'contained in 10,940 articles, and placed under

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