first edition
1990 · Xining City
by Gu, Wenyi, Hongwu Ma, & Yingfu Feng, editors
Xining City: Qinghai min zu chu ban she = Qinghai National Publishing House, 1990. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 2, 4, 15, [1], 648, [2]; title page in Chinese and Tibetan; original olive cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good. Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian was compiled in the 18th century. It is a large scale, classified dictionary comparing Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, and Chinese languages. 18,000 words are collected. A photocopy of the manuscript was made in 1957, but this is the first printed and first edited edition.
(Inventory #: 69488)