The goldfish of China in the 18th century /
with a foreword by A. C. Moule.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : China Society, 1950.
- Note
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The photographs of the original Chinese scroll (preserved in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris) which accompanied the Notice, are reproduced on a folded sheet as a frontspiece to this work.
"Present[s] ... the text of the Billardon de Svigny's Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (Paris, 1780) and ... a Notice (or Mémoire) sent from Peking a few years before, on which Billardon de Sauvigny based his book, together with translations into English." The original Notice is extant and the author is not known. A copy is preserved in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
- Physical Description
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66 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm.
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