Svenonius bengt (2 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Lund, C. G. Berling, (1748). 4:o. (4),24 pp. With chinese characters printed in the text. Sewn as issued with visible threads, uncut. Title leaf and last page somewhat darkened in upper margin. Occasional minor spotting. Date of disputation 22 (January 1748) added in ink at the time. A very good copy. Lidén Catalogus disputationum 81. Löwendahl China illustrata nova 447. With a printed versified dedication to a number of directors of the Swedish East India Company, Theodor Ankarcrona, Colin Campbell, Thomas Plomgren, Magnus Lagerström, Abraham Grill and Nicolaus Sahlgren, among others, and with a verse to the respondent by the signature "H. G. B.". On the alleged advantages of the chinese culture. The respondent had travelled to China twice as a chaplain on ships belonging to the Swedish East India Company. In his treatise, he argues against the opinion that the Chinese culture has any advantages whatsoever over the European, as Leibnitz, among others, is said to have claimed. Svenonius is especially thorough in his examination of the Chinese language, and one of his claims is that it unuseful for scientific purposes. A few Chinese characters are printed in the text, about which the famous Swedish author and amateur sinologist August Strindberg writes: "de kinesiska typerna, troligen de första i Sverige, äro dåliga" [the chinese characters, probably the first in Sweden, are inferior].…

Lund, Berling 1748, (4),24 sidor. Liten 4:o. Tagen ur band. [#210396].