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A dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing

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Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
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Title A dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing : in a letter to John Vaughan, Esq / by Peter S. Du Ponceau
to which are subjoined a vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language by Joseph Morrone
with references to plates ... by M. de la Palun and a Cochinchinese and Latin dictionary ...
Contributors Morrone, Joseph Maria
La Palun, M. de
American Philosophical Society
Publisher Philadelphia : Published for the American Philosophical Society
Creation Date 1838
Extent xxxii, 375 pages
26 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990012938070205171

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