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A dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing, in a letter to John Vaughan, Esq. / by Peter S. Du Ponceau ... ; to which are subjoined, A vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language, by Father Joseph Morrone ... : with references to plates, containing the characters belonging to each word, and with notes, showing the degree of affinity existing between the Chinese and Cochinchinese languages, and the use they respectively make of their common system of writing, by M. de la Palun ... ; and A Cochinchinese and Latin dictionary, in use among the R.C. missions in Cochinchina.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
- Series:
- Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society ; vol.2.
- Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society ; vol.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Writing.
- Chinese language.
- Vietnamese language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Vietnamese language.
- Vietnamese language--Dictionaries--Latin.
- Genre:
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Dictionaries.
- Controlled vocabularies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 unnumbered page, xxxii, 375 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Chinese system of writing
- Nature and character of the Chinese system of writing
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Published for the American Philosophical Society, by M'Carty and Davis ..., 1838.
- Notes:
- Morrone's Vocabulary in French, with English additions by Du Ponceau; de la Palun's Notes and Preliminary Observations translated from French, with additions, by Du Ponceau.
- "Published by order of the American Philosophical Society, by their Historical and Literary Committee."
- Not in Sabin.
- "I. Ashmead and Co., printers, Philadelphia"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes errata : p. [1] at end.
- "Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language," by J. Morrone, with notes by M. de La Palun: p. [125]-184.
- "Lexicon Cochin-Sinense Latinum ad usum missionum," by J. Morrone: p. [185]-375.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Breck bequest.
- Athenaeum copy conserved with a grant from E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
- Cited in:
- Checklist Amer. imprints, 50147
- Contains:
- Morrone, Joseph Maria. Lexicon Chchin-Sinense Latinum.
- Morrone, Joseph Maria. Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language.
- OCLC:
- 3908044
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