GONÇALVES, Pe. Joaquim Afonso, C.M.- Diccionario Portuguez-China no estilo vulgar mandarim e classico geral / composto por J. A. Gonçalves. Sacerdote da Congregação da Missão M.R.S.A.- Macao: Impressa com licença regia no Real Collegio de S. Jose., Anno de 1831.- [4[, IV, 872 p.; 19 cm.- E. Rare edition printed in Macau, written by Lazarist Fr. Joaquim Afonso Gonçalves (1771-1841), born in Cerva (Vila Real), astronomer, mathematician and philologist, one of the most eminent sinologists of the 19th century, passionately dedicating himself during the last 28 years of his life in Macau, studying the Chinese language. A member of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, he was highly regarded within the Chinese intellectual community itself. The edition, with loose printing on poor quality paper, includes much of the text in two-column characters. Slightly shaved specimen; half-title (with sinic characters) mirrored; title page with small marginal imperfections; last two leaves with some restorations, stains and minor wormholes. Inscription of gift from Celestino de Menezes to João F[eliciano]. Marques Pereira, dated 1904, in the free endpaper. Ex-libris of Victor d’Avila Perez (lot nº 3341 from the auction catalogue held in 1939). Full sheepsin binding, with gold ornamental border on the covers and the initials J.F.M.P. engraved at the bottom of the spine. Inocêncio, IV, p. 57. Samodães, 1434. Macanese Bibliography, 727. Jack M. Braga (Primórdios, appendix III), 21