Mateer - A Course of Mandarin Lessons Based on Idiom - 1906
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Calvin Mateer’s revised 1906 hardcover, A Course of Mandarin Lessons Based on Idiom, is a Chinese- and English-language work with a folding chart of the sounds of five dialects.
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Very rare edition (the first from 1892) of this important linguistic work on Mandarin. The author, Calvin Mateer, died in Tsingtao in 1908 after 44 years of missionary work in China. He devoted himself to teaching and founded the first Chinese Christian college: Tengchow College.
Calvin Mateer, A Course of Mandarin Lessons, Based on Idiom; Revised edition, Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1906.
PP.: LV, 3, 370. COMPLETE, with a large folding plate showing the sounds of five dialects: Beijing, Nanjing, Kiukiang, Tengchow and Weihien.
Copy with cards in overall good condition, but with numerous pencil notes (also colored) by a student of the period. Some wear to the folding plate. Usual signs of use and the passage of time.
Contemporary full-cloth binding in burgundy color, with some wear but solid and fairly well preserved overall. White endpapers.
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I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateVery rare edition (the first from 1892) of this important linguistic work on Mandarin. The author, Calvin Mateer, died in Tsingtao in 1908 after 44 years of missionary work in China. He devoted himself to teaching and founded the first Chinese Christian college: Tengchow College.
Calvin Mateer, A Course of Mandarin Lessons, Based on Idiom; Revised edition, Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1906.
PP.: LV, 3, 370. COMPLETE, with a large folding plate showing the sounds of five dialects: Beijing, Nanjing, Kiukiang, Tengchow and Weihien.
Copy with cards in overall good condition, but with numerous pencil notes (also colored) by a student of the period. Some wear to the folding plate. Usual signs of use and the passage of time.
Contemporary full-cloth binding in burgundy color, with some wear but solid and fairly well preserved overall. White endpapers.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
China, Dictionaries and thesauri, Education, Linguistics, Reference
Book title
A Course of Mandarin Lessons Based on Idiom
Author/ Illustrator
Mateer
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1906
Height
27 cm
Edition
Revised edition
Width
20 cm
Language
Chinese, English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
American Presbyterian Mission Press; Shanghai
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Fold out maps or plates
Number of pages
428
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