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[BRIDGMAN, ELIJAH COLEMAN]: A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect. Note. - This portion of the work is circulated among subscribers only, to whom the remainder will be sent when the whole is completed. China, Printed for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
in China, 1839. Small folio. Pp. (iv), viii, 276. With two folding tables and one illustration of a Chinese writer. Original marbled wrappers, title label on spine. First edition, first instalment, only distributed to subscribers. It is the first manual of the Cantonese dialect which was completed (revised and enlarged) and published at Macao in 1841. This first instalment contains a long introduction followed by six chapters: 1. Study of Chinese; 2. The Human Body; 3. The Kindred Relations; 4. Classes of Men; 5. Domestic Affairs; 6. Commercial Affairs. Elijah Coleman Bridgman (1801-61) was the first American Protestant missionary appointed to China, arriving in Canton in 1830. Together with Wells Williams he started in 1832 the publication of "The Chinese Repository", the first major western journal of sinology. He is also known for being one of the translators of the Bible into Chinese. This edition not in Cordier. Cf Cordier BS 1684. Lust 1060. Cf Löwendahl 958 (1841 edition).
Offered for EUR 3500.00 = appr. US$ 4914.00 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 99842
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