TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE FITZ-CLARENCE, EARL OF MUNSTER, VISCOUNT FITZ-CLARENCE, AND BARON TEWKESBURY; F. R. S., F. G. S.; A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, A DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER OF THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS MOST OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT KLAPROTH. |