György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 14 Mongolian-Chinese Dictionary in Thematical Order Typeset book in Chinese fascicle form, two volumes, 240 ff., 15.6 : 25.9 cm, now hardbound, the inner sides of the original grey paper covers bear a list of publications and advertisements of the Mongol Book Society, (Neyislel-ün) Mongyol Bicig-iin Qoriy-a. Modern orthography with diacriticals (y and n before a vowel dotted) and Manchu elements (Manchu Y, -"y- instead of -'yy-). Title on the upper cover and on the unnumbered title-leaf: Mong yol udq-a-yin pil qubiyaysan toli bicig/ Meng wen fenlei cidian. The inner, unnumbered title-leaf indicates the date: Dumdadu arad ulus-un ula yan bar as on-du Neyislel-ün Mong yol Bicig-ün Qoriya-du darumallabai "Printed by the Mongol Book Society in the Capital in the red tiger year [= 1926] of the Chinese Republic". On the verso of this leaf: photograph of the director general Wang Ruicheng with the legend Meng wen shu she zongjingli Wang Ruichang / Mongyol Bicig-ün Qoriy-a-(n)u yerüngkeyilen sidkegci Wang Éüi-cang. Pagination on the ridge (middle margin, qabar ) in Chinese figures with section-marker. Preface (xu, ff. la-3a) in Chinese and Mongolian, signed by the editor, Josutu-yin ciyulyanu Qaracin barayun qosiyun-u Wang Éiii-cang in [1926 =] minguo shiwu nian bingyan\ f. 3b: a printed drawing of a palatial tent. Table of contents (mulu / quriyangyui pit) of the two volumes ( degedü, dooradu; shang, xia ), 6 ff. With separate pagination. Corrections (kanwubiao ), 3 ff. with separate pagination. Vol. I inc. f. la: Tngri-yin pil / Tianwen lei. End, f. 108 with the section Odqu ireküpil/ Qulai lei. The last word: kesügä /haoxian zouren, on f. 108b Vol. II inc. f. 109a with the section Alfiyaqu cucaqu pil/Pijuan lei. End, f. 240b with the last word yang ing / wen ying fei sheng of the section Qoroqai ködelkü-yin pil / Chongdong lei. An emblem of a lying ram closes the page. Covers as in vol. I. Cf. Krueger in Collectanea Mongolica, p. 114, no. 20. Mong. 15 The Book Called The Jade Box for Various Needs Peking blockprint, 3 parts in 2 fascicles, now in one volume, bound in wrong order (3, 1, 2), part 3 = 9 ff.; part 1 = 7 ff. (table of contents) + 69 ff.; part 2 = 59 + (appendix) 20 ff.; 15 : 28.5 (12.5 : 19.7-21.2) cm; Chinese pagination with short titles on the middle margin. 34
