Western Books on China up to 1850 Online
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Title:
Museum Sinicum In quo Sinicae Linguae et Litteraturae ratio explicatur
Creator:
Bayer, T. S.(Theophilus Siegfried),1694-1738.
Date:
1730
Date in Source:
1730].
Place:
Saint Petersburg.
Country:
Russia (Federation)
Imprint:
Petropoli : [s.n.,
Language:
Latin
Format:
2 vols.
Reference:
Lust, J. Western books on China, 1007
Also issued on microfiche.
Also issued on microfiche.
Note:
V.1: Praefatio, a history of Chinese studies in Europe. Grammatica sinica, a grammar of Chinese, i.e. of Mandarin. Epistola, letter to Danish missionaries dealing with south-east Asia. Proposal by A. Müller for a Chinese dictionary.|V.2: Lexicon sinicum, latine explicatum. Chinese-Latin dictionary. Confucii vita, life of Confucius, from Intorcettas work. Vocabularies and notes on translations of the Ta-hsüeh (by Da Costa?), and the =bsc=Hsiao-erh-lun=esc= (translated by Mentzel), a chronology. Notes on the expression of time in Chinese and weights and measures. Solar eclipse of 1669. Very early pioneer work, showing a marked isolation from any direct contact with China. Largely elementary information on the language, often rather bizarre.
Brill, 2010. (Western books on China up to 1850 ; HT-1014)
Brill, 2010. (Western books on China up to 1850 ; HT-1014)
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