Aulaire, R.J. de St. and Groeneveldt, W.P. A manual of Chinese Running-Handwritting, especially as it is used in Japan, compiled from original sources.Not in Nipponalia. Cordier. p. 553. " After being occupied some time with the study of Chinese and Japanase languages, the necessity of a familiar acquitance with their running-hand writing occured to us, and we felt the want of an adequately compiled guide to the speediest and most certain attainment of that knowledge. However, as nothing in the least degree approaching one existed, our alternative was either, as others have been obliged to do before us, to seek out of all the specimens of running-hand a number of the most frequently occuring characters, and by so doing slowly attain our object, or to take upon ourselves the teask of compiling a Manual, which would supply our want in a satisfactory manner.... A great deal of it to be ascribed to Prof. J.A.Hoffmann who instructed us in the principles upon which this writing is based, who has so willingly supplied us with materials for our labour, and who, in many difficulty, has assisted us with his superior knowledge." (From the introduction). Printed entirely in Lithography in a very scarce limited edition, and published on the expenses of the authors. As seen from the introduction the first Manual in Running-Handwriting, published in Europe. EUR 875.00
