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[BURMA]. [BURMA]. Alphabetum barmanorum seu regni avensis. Rome, typis Sac. Congregationis de Propagande Fide, 1787.
Pp. xvi (including one blank leaf), 64. With text in Pali written in Burmese script within woodcut border throughout. With one folding engraved plate. Near contemporary half calf, spine decorated in gilt and with title label. The Alphabetum is written by Melchior Carpanius (here revised by Cajetanus Mantegatius) and the introduction by the editor Johannes Christopher Amaduzzi. Second edition (first 1776) of the first work to be printed in Burmese characters. The types were partly recast in this edition. Birrell & Garnett 21. Cordier BI 351. Herbert & Milner: "South-East Asia. Languages and literatures", pp. 9. Smitskamp PO 209.
Offered for EUR 780.00 = appr. US$ 1231.62 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 38002
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