Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability That the language of ... China is the Primitive Language
by Webb, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary polished red morocco paneled gilt with double fillets, the spine in six compartments adorned with the gilt addorsed
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About This Item
Harbsmeier notes that "Webb's contribution to Sinology is so important because he summarized what could be gleaned on the Chinese language from the published Western literature, and because he was the first to make a systematic book-length attempt to define the place of Chinese among the languages of the world...[and] to constructing out of these reports a case that Chinese was the original language of mankind before the building of the Tower of Babel." Wing W1202; ESTC R24606 Provenance: ?Charles II, King of Great Britain (his gilt addorsed cipher on the spine); C. Humphreys (signature on front free endpaper); Sir George Scott (acquisition note dated 5 May 1770 and faint pencil note of sale in another hand, Leigh and Sotheby, March 1781); William Vaughan ("Wm Vaughan" on title-page); University College London Library (stamps on A1v and P3r, duplicate stamp on verso of flyleaf); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304144
- Title
- Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability That the language of ... China is the Primitive Language
- Author
- Webb, John
- Format/Binding
- Title-page printed in red and black, imprimatur (A1v), errata (P3r), lacking folding engraved map
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary polished red morocco paneled gilt with double fillets, the spine in six compartments adorned with the gilt addorsed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Nath. Brook
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1669
- Keywords
- British | China | Language & Dictionaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Thought; History, Travel & Geography;
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