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COUVREUR, LE P. SÉRAPHIN: - Langue mandarine. Guide de la conversation francais-anglais-chinois contenant un vocabulaire et des dialogues familiers / Mandarin language. Guide to Conversation in French, English and Chinese Containing a Vocabulary and Familiar Dialogues. Ho Kien Fou dans le Tcheu Li, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, 1890.

Title: Langue mandarine. Guide de la conversation francais-anglais-chinois contenant un vocabulaire et des dialogues familiers / Mandarin language. Guide to Conversation in French, English and Chinese Containing a Vocabulary and Familiar Dialogues. Ho Kien Fou dans le Tcheu Li, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, 1890.
Description: . Royal 8vo. Pp. (iv), x, 286, (1). With parallel text in French and English. Modern half calf, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt. Original printed wrappers bound with bound (front cover restored). Second enlarged edition (first 1886). Séraphin Couvreur (1835-1919), French sinologist and Jesuit, came to China in 1870. He spent the greater part of his life at the Jesuit residence at Sien-hsien, where he was professor at the Seminary. Couvreur was the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription method which was used in most of the French speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of 20th century when it was replaced by Hanyu Pinyin. Cordier 1648.

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, far east, east, language, langue, linguistic, mandarin

Price: EUR 1500.00 = appr. US$ 1630.27 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 38022

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