Western Books on China up to 1850 Online
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Title:
Specimen of the chinese type belonging to the Chinese Mission ... in the U.S.A.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Date:
1844
Date in Source:
1844.
Place:
Macau.
Country:
China
Imprint:
Macao : [s.n.],
Language:
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Format:
vi, [7], 41 pp.
Reference:
Lust, J. Western books on China, 1260
Also issued on microfiche.
Also issued on microfiche.
Note:
Pamphlet in elegant pale green wrappers inspired by a rococo model. Printed in English at one end and Chinese at the other. The matrices were bought from Legrand in Paris, and the types cast in China. The mission was under the mistaken impression that theirs was the first type cast in China.
Brill, 2010. (Western books on China up to 1850 ; HT-1162)
Brill, 2010. (Western books on China up to 1850 ; HT-1162)
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