chase dormer augustus (3 Ergebnisse)

Second edition. 8vo, 209pp., paper toned, chipping to edge of title, original cream boards, rebacked, new end-leaves, a good copy. Chase (1823-1860) was stationed in Burma from 1847 until his death in 1860. He joined the 46th Bengal Native Infantry in India in March 1842, arriving in in Burma five years later. In 1852 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner in the port of Martaban, a position he held until his return to England on leave in 1856-1857. Returning to Burma he was promoted to Captain and served as the Acting Commissioner at Pegu. His superiors at the East India Company were so impressed by Chase's handbook that they persuaded the Government of India to subscribe to 100 copies, 50 of which were then returned to Pegu for use by officers posted to Burma. This second edition was revised by Frank Dennison Phinney, superintendent of the American Mission Press.

Pp. 209. Original blue cloth, rubbed, remains of old label on spine. Old Asian stamp on title page. Some browning. Copy belonging to the German sinologist Albert von Le Coq with his bookplate.Later edition (first Maulmein 1852), the first revised and rewritten by F.D. Phinney who states in the preface that he has altered the style of the work and "rewritten the Romanized Burmese words as closely as possible in accordance with the Hunterian system". Dormer Augustus Chase was stationed in Burma between 1847 and his death in 1860. His Burmese handbook became very popular and went through many editions. Cordier BI 349.

Square 12mo. Pp. xii, 54, one blank leaf, pp. 92, iv, 142, (2), and two folding tables. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, rubbed. Rare, first edition of this important book on the Burmese language, reprinted several times and revised by Phinney in 1890. The work is divided into three parts including a grammar and a vocabulary. Contains a four-page subscriber list.Dormer Augustus Chase (1823-1860), British-born and appointed as a cadet in the East India Company in 1840, arrived in Burma in 1847 as part of the Talain Corps. In 1857 he was promoted to captain and served as the acting commissioner at Pegu. Cordier BI 349.Provenance: With stamps of Women Missionary College. With an inscription "Given to the Dictionary office by Miss Lambert". Probably Miss Lambert, a CMS missionary who was active at the Chinese Girls Boarding School in Fuh-Chow (Fuzhou) for many decades from the late 19th century.