Dictionnaire Annamite-Francais comprenant 1. tous les characteres de la langue Annamite vulgaire... 2. les characteres Chinois... 3. la flore et la faune de l'Indochine
Saigon: Imprimerie de la Mission a Tan Dinh, 1898. Deuxieme edition, (but actually the first - see below), 4to, pp. [8], 987; extra title page in Chinese and Vietnamese; the half-title is reinforced in two places with old paper tape on the blank verso, the Chinese title with phonetic translation in pencil, penultimate leaf remargined and last leaf reinforced on blank verso, pages browned throughout, several neat repairs within; contemporary half black cloth over marbled boards. Genibrel's preface states that the work is based on "un excellent petit Dictionnaire Annamite-francais sans characters, dont l'auteur, Mgr. Caspar, eveque et vicaire apostolique de la Mission de Hue, etait alors simple missionaire a Saigon. C'est cet ouvrage qui a servi de Canevas a notre travail; voila pourquoi nous lui avons donne le titre de deuxieme edition." Not in Zaunmuller; not in Vancil; no earlier edition located in either OCLC or NUC. Item #13714
Price: $950.00
