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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 great 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 maps, by the translator ; in two volumes.

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Main Author
Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1674-1743
Related Names
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, engraver.
Fletcher, Henry, active 1715-1738, engraver.
Cave, Edward, 1691-1754, bookseller,
Gardner, Thomas, active 1735-1756, printer.
Language(s)
English
Published
London : Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, MDCCXXXVIII-MDCCXLI [1738]-[1741]
Subjects
Korea.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
China.
Korea > Civilization > Early works to 1800.
Korea > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Korea > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Civilization > Early works to 1800.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
China > Civilization > Early works to 1800.
China > Maps > Early works to 1800.
China > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Hand coloring > England > 18th century.
Engravings (prints) > England > 18th century.
Note
Many errors in pagination.
Pagination: volume 1: [4], xi, [1], xii, [2],124, 127-138, 141-678 pages, [36] leaves of plates; volume 2: [4], 388, [10] pages, [28] leaves of plates.
Signatures: volume 1: pi² a-b² [c]² B-D² chi1 ²B-8H² 8I²(-8I2); volume 2: [A]² B² ²B-5F² [a]² b² c²(-c2).
Includes index.
Includes marginal notes.
The general map in volume 1 has handcolored outlines and is signed E. Bowen sculp.
Volume 1 has frontispiece portrait of Confucius signed HFletcher sculp.
Head- and tail-pieces, decorative and historiated initials.
Volume 2 has imprint: Printed by Edward Cave, at St. Joh's Gate, MDCCXLI.
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans ; 40 cm (fol.)
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