Chinese language.- Goncalves (Joachim Alphonso) Arte China Constanta de Alphabeto e Grammatica, first edition, text in Portuguese and Chinese, title with partially erased ownership inscription to head, title and following blank f. with some skillful repairs to extremities, very occasional light foxing or soiling, but overall very good, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, sympathetic restoration to spine ends, joints and corners, housed in a morocco-edged cloth slipcase, small 4to, Macao, S. Jose, 1829.*** A Portuguese grammar and textbook of Chinese, with much attention paid to the idiom, diction and syntax of both the spoken and written language. It includes vocabulary, useful phrases and dialogues, extracts from Chinese histories and literature, examples for composing official documents, as well as different calligraphic styles. The appendix is a comparative phonetic study of the pronunciation of Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese.