The New Testament, Mandarin. [Shanghai?]: American Bible Society, 1889. 8vo (200 x 115 mm.) Title and text in Mandarin, with a single line in English at lower margin of title. 2 folding color lithographic maps in Chinese of the Holy Land and of the Eastern Mediterranean. Original limp brown morocco, yap edges, titled on spine and on upper cover. Spine and corners lightly rubbed, top edges gilt; together with a miniature Chinese/English Dictionary, Shanghai, 1913. An obscure edition of the New Testament printed in Mandarin characters, probably adapted from Griffith John's translation of the New Testament into Mandarin first published in 1887. The earlier protestant translations of the Bible into Chinese were not in Mandarin, which made them less acceptable for the larger part of the population. In the 1870s various missionaries from Britain and America translated the whole Bible, the New Testament, and the individual Gospels into Mandarin to better serve their converts. Surprisingly this edition could not be found in the American Bible Society catalog. In many ways this edition in Chinese characters is an anachronism as most missionary texts after the 1870s were published in a romanized vernacular.
The New Testament, Mandarin. [Shanghai?]: American Bible Society, 1889. 8vo (200 x 115 mm.) Title and text in Mandarin, with a single line in English at lower margin of title. 2 folding color lithographic maps in Chinese of the Holy Land and of the Eastern Mediterranean. Original limp brown morocco, yap edges, titled on spine and on upper cover. Spine and corners lightly rubbed, top edges gilt; together with a miniature Chinese/English Dictionary, Shanghai, 1913. An obscure edition of the New Testament printed in Mandarin characters, probably adapted from Griffith John's translation of the New Testament into Mandarin first published in 1887. The earlier protestant translations of the Bible into Chinese were not in Mandarin, which made them less acceptable for the larger part of the population. In the 1870s various missionaries from Britain and America translated the whole Bible, the New Testament, and the individual Gospels into Mandarin to better serve their converts. Surprisingly this edition could not be found in the American Bible Society catalog. In many ways this edition in Chinese characters is an anachronism as most missionary texts after the 1870s were published in a romanized vernacular.
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