A general description of China: containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire; That Of Tartary, The Isles, And Other Tributary Countries; The Number And Situation Of Its Cities, The State Of Its Population, The Natural History Of Its Animals, Vegetables And Minerals. Together With The latest Accounts that have reached Europe, of the Government, Religion, Manners, Customs, Arts and Sciences of the Chinese. Illustrated by a new and correct map of China, and other copper-plates. ... . Translated from the French of the Abbé Grosier.
- Grosier, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1743-1823.
- Date:
- MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
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Description générale de la Chine. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
Physical description
2v.,plates : map ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T132187
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.