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A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet : containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries. Enrich'd with general and particular maps, and adorned with a gread number of cuts. From the French of P.J.B. Du Halde, Jesuit: with Notes geographical, historical, and critical; and other improvements, particularly in the mpas, by the translator. In two volumes.
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- Author/Creator:
- Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1674-1743.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 2v.,plates : maps,portraits ; 2⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- The titlepage to vol. 2., dated 1741, bears the imprint: printed by Edward Cave.
- With an index.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T148343.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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