"Chinese Dialogues" - First English book printed in Shanghai - W. H. Medhurst - 1844 manuscript 13th Century Illuminated Leaf on

13th Century Illuminated Leaf on Vellum from a Parisian Bible with a Beautiful 13-Line Illuminated letter with an animal's face

adorned with jewellery and holding a golden sceptre

Pages 1-232

you can see a mahout riding an elephant

The printer Egbert Heemen

"Chinese Dialogues" - First English book printed in Shanghai - W. H. Medhurst - 1844 manuscript 13th Century Illuminated Leaf onChinese Dialogues, Questions, and Familiar Sentences, Literally Rendered into English, With a View to Promote Commercial Intercourse, and to Assist Beginners in the Language. Printed at the Shanghai Mission Press 1844 W. H. Medhurst Octavo 22 x 14cm Complete: Very good condition some marks and tears to pages. Original boards (made of reused printing waste) with title to front cover. Title page to text intact with no losses. Marks and bumps here and