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The Firft Part, 
Chinefe Dictionaries explained by Eu- 
ropean languages, 
No. I. Dictionarium Sinico-Latinum 
Reverendiffimi, Patris Bafilii a Cremona, 
itali, miffionerii Sacre Congregationis de 
propaganda fide, nec-non Vicarii Apofto- 
lici provincie Kenfinenfis, cum indice co- 
piofo characteribus inveniendis,accommo- 
dato, eorumque Sinicis elementis, ac line- 
arum varie eomponentium elencho, His 
acceflere Sinenfium antitheterum, parti- 
cularum numeralium,:vocum quibus ad- 
ditur particula Ta, atque cognominum ac- 
curate colleGtiones, cum cyclo Sinico. 
Cantoni. A. 17386. A manufcript in folio, 
of 673 pages, upon European paper. This 
volume belongs to that precious collection 
of manufcripts, with which our victories 
in Italy have enriched the National Li- 
brary. It was taken from the Vatican Li- 
brary, and has been compofed. after ten 
Chinefe works, whofe names are found 
after the title of the work. It contains, 
1. A Latin Differtation of 11 pages, con- 
taining directions for the perufal of the 
Dictionary. 2. 'Vhe Dictionary: it is 
written with the.greateft order and clear- 
nefs. It contains 506 pages, divided each 
into four columns. Two. of them contain 
the Chinele characters, the others contain 
the correfponding founds, expreffed with 
European characters, and the explanation 
of each word, together with its deriva- 
tions. 3. A table of the elementary cha- 
yacters, commonly called £eys, in three 
pages. 4. An index of all the characters 
contained in the Didlionary, according to 
their order. 5. A catalogue of all ex- 
preflions of oppofite fignification, as fair, 
uly; feet, bitter; heaven, earth, &c.. 6. 
Four other pages contain the different 
Chinefe particles ufed in counting things 
of different kinds. 7. A treatife on the 
Chinefe way of counting their years. 8. 
Ancther upon the ule of tke particle Ta. 
9. A compofitien of the Emperor of Chi- 
na, containing the 1¢0 names by which 
wll the families of China are diftinguiiked. 
A notice is joined of Fefeph Gerrz, by 
which we underftand that this copy was 
defined for impreffion. This learned man 
had propofed to preiide over fuch an im- 
portant undertaking, which unhappily did 
net take place. 
No. If, A menufcript in quarto, of $00 
pages, upon Chinefe paper. "This Dic- 
tionary 1s quite the fame as the former. 
io. LH. A manufeript in folio, upon 
efe paper: alfo a DiGionary, Chinefe 
and Latin, alter the fame order, but not 
complet 
No. 1V. A manufcript in folio, ef 270 
pages, on’ Chinefe paper, This ig a 
Dictionary, Chinefe, Latin and Spanifh. 
Each page is divided into ten columns, 
with a Chinefe charaer at the head, and 
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Literary and’ Phalofophical Intelligence. 
[Jan. ty 
Latin, and. Spanifh explanations joined, 
and. with a copious index, to find out the 
characters. 
No. V. A manufcript in quarto, of 422 
pages, on Chinefe paper. This is a Dic- 
tionary, Chinefe and Spanifh. Each page 
is divided. into four columns. It is very 
incomplete. . 
No. VJ. Another manufcript in quarto, 
of 512 pages, on Chinefe paper. It is 
likewife a Chinefe and-Spanifh Dictionary, 
Each page is divided into fix columns, in- 
terfected by paralle!lines, forming fquares, 
in which the Chinefe characters, with their 
correfponding explanations, are inferted. 
No. VII. DiGionario de Langue Man- 
darina, or a Dictionary of the Mandarin 
‘Language, the author of which was the 
Rev, Father Francis Diaz, a Dominican 
Friar ; and enlarged by the Fathers of the 
fame Miffion: it contains 198 pages, in 
quarto, on Chinefe paper. Alfo a Spanifh 
differtation on the Chinefe language. 
No. VIII. Three little volumes in folio, 
on Chinefe paper, containinga Dictionary, 
-Chinefe and French. Each page is divided 
into two columns, containing the Chinefe 
charaéters, &c. Several characters, how- 
ever, are left without interpretation, 
The Second Part. 
Dictionaries of European languages ex- 
plained in Chinefe, 
No. IX. DiGtionarium Latino-Sinicum. 
A Manufcript in folio, on Chinefe paper. 
It contains a Di@ionary, Latin aad Chi- 
nefe, very complete, and in good arder. 
Each page is divided into two columns, 
containing the Latin explained in Chinefe. 
No. X. Di@ionarium Latino-Sinicum. 
Two volumes, folio, on Chinefe paper. 
This is a copy of the former one, but 
not fo elegantly written as that. It is a 
pity the mifficnaries, to whom we are in- 
debted for fuch ufefuland laborious works, 
did not put their names to them, that we 
might pay our acknowledgments to them. 
No. XL. A manufcript m folio, on Chi- 
nefe paper, containing a Didtionary,French 
and Chinefe, but moft of the words want 
the Chinefe interpretation. Befides, theChi- 
nefe is written with Latin characters only. 
No. XH. A manufcript in guarto, on 
Chinefe paper. It is, like the former, but 
an imperfect Dichonary. 
No. XIII. A manuicript in quarto, on 
Chinefe paper, containing Chineie phrafes 
tranilated into French. I 
No. XIV. A manutcript in quarto, op 
Chinefe paper, being the counterpart of 
the former, and containing. French 
phrafes tran‘lated into Chinefe.—Aiter 
_thefe DiGionaries follows the immenfe 
work of the learned Fourmont, on the 
Chinefe language. It is comprehended 
in about thirty very large ‘port-folios, in 
great folio fize. ‘The fame learned man 
procured above 50,000 Chineie charac- 
ters 
