Couvreur, (Séraphin) - Dictionnaire français-chinois contenant les expressions les plus usitées. Ho Kien Fou [Hejian], Imprimerie de la Mission catholique 1884. Fort In-8° full black cloth, xix, 1007 pp. First edition of this spoken French-Mandarin dictionary compiled by Jesuit Father Séraphin Couvreur. Wear from use, binding fragile at spine ends.

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