[MONTUCCI, ANTONIO]: - SINOLOGUS BEROLINENSIS (Pseud.): Remarques philologiques sur les voyages en Chine de M. De Guignes. Berlin, aux frais de l'auteur et se trouve chez H.J. Hitzig [and others], Printed by Jean Frédéric Starcke, 1809.

. Pp. (ii), 168. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine split. Bookplate (G.M. La Fragette).A work written by Montucci under his pseudonym which identifies more than two hundred linguistic errors in de Guignes' Voyages (1808). This was part of Montucci's maneuvre to persuade the French government to remove de Guignes from the editorship of the planned Chinese dictionary in favour of himself. Montucci, a renowned Italian sinologist, was obsessed with the idea of writing a Chinese dictionary. He had over 20 000 characters cut at his own expense which were subsequently bought by the Vatican, together with his collection of Chinese books. At one time Montucci was considered for editorship of the French-Chinese dictionary, but in the end preference was given to de Guignes. The work is preceded by a laudatory letter addressed to Antonio Montucci written by himself (under his pseudonym). In a postscript, the author provides information about the Chinese characters used in his work which is repeated at the end of a checklist. Scarce. Cordier BS 1711. Lust 994. Löwendahl 744. Vater p. 66.

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