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58-5067 Ponceau,P.S. du.
A dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing. Philadelphia, M'Carty and Davis für die American Philosophical Soclety, 1838. Gr.8°. Mit 5 dplblgr. lithogr. Tafeln. XXXII, 375 S. Etw. spät. Hlwdbd. mit Rsch. (Stärker beschabt, tls verfärbt).
(= Transactions of the historical and literary comittee of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. II). Cordier 1739-40. Lust 982. Morrison 1, 245. Erste Ausgabe. - Verfaßt in Form eines Briefes an John Vaughan. - Die Tafeln mit chinesischen Schriftzeichen. - First edition. Illustrated with five double-page plates showing 333 Vietnamese characters, the earliest examples depicted in an American book. Du Ponceau is an important figure in the early history of American Law and letters. He founded the Law Academy of Philadelphia in 1821, was the President of the American Philosophical Society and was considered to be an expert on international relations and linguistics. This early treatise attempted to show that Asian languages, rather than being ideographic, are related to the spoken word.
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