Julius von Klaproth letters, 1817-[ca. 1820].

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Julius von Klaproth letters, 1817-[ca. 1820].

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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."

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Guignes, Joseph ˜deœ 1721-1800

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Klaproth, Julius von, 1783-1835

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Montucci, Antonio, 1762-1829

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Morrison, Robert, 1782-1834

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