An Index to Dr. Williams' "Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" arranged according to Sir Thomas Wade's system of orthography
An Index to Dr. Williams' "Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" arranged according to Sir Thomas Wade's system of orthography | Rare and modern books | ACHESON, James (fl. 19th cent.)
An Index to Dr. Williams' "Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" arranged according to Sir Thomas Wade's system of orthography
An Index to Dr. Williams' "Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" arranged according to Sir Thomas Wade's system of orthography | Rare and modern books | ACHESON, James (fl. 19th cent.)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1879
- Place of printing
- Hongkong and Shanghai
- Author
- ACHESON, James (fl. 19th cent.)
- Publishers
- Messrs, Kelly & Walsh
- Keyword
- Ottocento e Novecento
- State of preservation
- Good
- Languages
- Italian
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
Description
8vo (234x160 mm). [2], II, [2], IV, 124, [2], IV pp. Contemporary half leather gilt, marbled panels and endleaves. German library stamps. A good copy.
First edition. Dr. Samuel Wells Williams' (1812-1884) original Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language (first published in 1874) was organized according to the Chinese Wufang Yuanyin rhyme tables (using 522 syllables). Because of this indigenous, non-alphabetical arrangement, Western students and scholars struggled to look up characters efficiently. James Acheson's Index resolved this by organizing the characters from Williams' dictionary into a standard Western alphabetical structure using the Wade-Giles romanization system
OCLC, 30709470.
