[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 1868 Chinese New Testament in Ningpo colloquial

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(BIBLE, N.T., CHINESE) [Gough, Frederick Foster and James Hudson Taylor and George Evans Moule (translators)]. AH-LAH KYIU-CU YIAE-SU KYI-TOH-GO SING IAH SHU; Peng-Veng Faen Nying-Po Tu-Wo. Feng Pin-Tang-Pin: Yih-Pin Cu Siang-Te-Go Tsih-Tsong. Leng-Teng (i.e. London): Da-Ing Peng-Koh Teng Wae-Koh Sing Shu Kong-We (British and Foreign Bible Society). 1868. (4),394pp. Double column text. The New Testament translated into the Wu dialect of Ningpo area of N. E. Chekiang (now Zhejiang Province) of China. That translation was then transliterated into the Roman letter text of this edition, for the missionaries in the field.   Orig. elaborately blind stamped black calf, rebacked, with remnants of the original spine strip laid back down. A.e.g.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first complete New Testament in Ningpo Colloquial. Darlow and Moule #2909.

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