Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874 |
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Edkins . - China's PLACE IN PHILOLOGY . An attempt to show that the Languages of Europe and Asia have a common origin . By the Rev. JOSEPH EDKINS . Crown 8vo , pp . xxiii . — 403 , cloth . 108. 6d . Edkins .
Edkins . - China's PLACE IN PHILOLOGY . An attempt to show that the Languages of Europe and Asia have a common origin . By the Rev. JOSEPH EDKINS . Crown 8vo , pp . xxiii . — 403 , cloth . 108. 6d . Edkins .
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