[CHINESE LANGUAGE.] MORRISON, Robert (1782-1834). Dialogues and detached Sentences in the Chinese Language with a free and verbal Translation in English. Collected from various sources. Macao: Printed at the Honorable East India Co.'s Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.
First edition, a rare Macao imprint, of the first Chinese/English conversation manual according to Cordier.
19th-century straight-grain morocco, border decorated in blind and single gilt fillet by Bernard Henington with ticket (Ramsden p.80). (Light rubbing to spine and sides.) Cordier Sinica 1641.
[CHINESE LANGUAGE.] MORRISON, Robert (1782-1834). Dialogues and detached Sentences in the Chinese Language with a free and verbal Translation in English. Collected from various sources. Macao: Printed at the Honorable East India Co.'s Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.
First edition, a rare Macao imprint, of the first Chinese/English conversation manual according to Cordier.
19th-century straight-grain morocco, border decorated in blind and single gilt fillet by Bernard Henington with ticket (Ramsden p.80). (Light rubbing to spine and sides.) Cordier Sinica 1641.
![[CHINESE LANGUAGE.] MORRISON, Robert (1782-1834). Dialogues and detached Sentences in the Chinese Language with a free and verbal Translation in English. Collected from various sources. Macao: Printed at the Honorable East India Co.'s Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.](/lot-images/6052495/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12262_0120_000(chinese_language_morrison_robert_dialogues_and_detached_sentences_in_t102701).jpg?maxwidth=3840)