Yun xue li yan ju yao 韻學蠡言舉要 [Essentials from Older Discourses on Phonological Learning].
Woodcut illus. & tables. 119 folding leaves. 8vo., orig. wrappers (a little frayed). [China]: [Jiyuan xuan 寄緣軒?], 1900.
A collection of phonological texts, all written by Ding Xian (1843-1919). The book contains descriptions of the Latin alphabet, Japanese kana, and a set of Chinese characters representing what it claims is “the todo bičig of Russia” 鄂羅斯托忒字, an apparent mix-up of the name for the Oirat script of the western Mongols with that of their Cyrillic-writing northern neighbor. There is also an explanation of the method of relaying syllables by code, either by tapping the table or writing numerals... More