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Hongkong imprint of a rare work by a famous French missionary in Tibet

DESGODINS, A[uguste].
Essai de grammaire Thibétaine pour le langage parlé, avec alphabet et prononciation.

With vignette on title and several endpieces.

With vignette on title and several endpieces.

With vignette on title and several endpieces.



Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth, 1899. 12mo. Contemporary half brown morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt monogram, sprinkled edges. With vignette on title and several endpieces. (9), 91, (1) pp.

Auguste Desgodins (1826-1913) left for Tibet in 1855 and stayed there for 25 years. Desgodins was prominent among the French Missionaries and a pioneer and scholar in Tibetan language and literature. He also founded Pedong and was the author of a Tibetan-French-Latin dictionary.
Good copy of a very rare work with library stamp of the Biblioteque des Missions Estrangères de Paris.
Cordier, Sinica 2937.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dictionaries  French  Linguistics  Tibet 

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