GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/5
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Unidad documental compuesta
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[1807-1817]
Parte de Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet
Chinese notebook, small, green cloth covered. Contains notes on Chinese grammar and language with comparisons with English language; comments on the use of Greek in Homer's Iliad. Back cover has pencil sketch of [Tibetan/Chinese house]. Loose sheets include 2 drafts of a love poem dated 15 October 1812; some Latin sentences; title "Notes on Lassa" with mathematical calculations on reverse.