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Julius von Klaproth letters

 Collection — manuscript box: 65 - folder 1
Identifier: 4229

Scope and content

Letters to Professor Antonio Montucci of Berlin and others regarding Lord Amherst's Embassy to China and controversies about the Chinese dictionaries of de Guignes and Morrison. Also, a comparison of the dictionaries of Montucci and Morrison, possibly written by Klaproth, titled "Urh-chih-tsze-teen-se-yin-pe-keaou."

Dates

  • 1817-[ca. 1820]

Creator

Extent

5 items. (5 items.)

Language of Materials

French

Alternate Form Available

English translations.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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