issac jacob schmid signed (1 risultati)

Paper. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Signed Endorsment by Issac Jacob Schmid. Letter dated 1837. A signed endorsement by Schmid with regards to the translation of a two books into the Mongolian language. Isaac Jacob Schmidt 1779 - 1847 was an Orientalist specializing in Mongolian and Tibetan. Schmidt was a Moravian missionary to the Kalmyks and devoted much of his labours to Bible translation.Born in Amsterdam, he spent much of his career in St. Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan. He also translated Sanang Sechen's Erdeni-yin tob?i into German, and several Geser Khan epics into Russian and German. His works are regarded as ground-breaking for the establishment of Mongolian and Tibetan studies.Size is 205mm x 125mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16652. Signed by Author(s).