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. /
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Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew Close for Edward Cave,
1738-1741.
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| 090 | |a DS708 |b .D86 1738 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Du Halde, J.-B. |q (Jean-Baptiste), |d 1674-1743. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Description gǒgraphique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise. |l English. |f 1738 |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary : |b 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. / |c 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. |
| 246 | 1 | |i Binder's title: |a Du Hal History of China | |
| 246 | 3 | |a History of China | |
| 260 | |a London : |b Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew Close for Edward Cave, |c 1738-1741. | ||
| 300 | |a 2 v. : |b ill., maps, plans, ports., music ; |c 42 cm. (fol.) | ||
| 500 | |a Maps signed by Emanuel Bowen, who is therefore almost certainly the translator. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally issued to subscribers in fortnightly or monthly installments; cf. Cave's proposals, reprinted in Nichols, Literary anecdotes, vol. 5, p. 44-47. | ||
| 500 | |a Vol. 2 has variant publisher statement: "Printed by Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, MDCCXLI." | ||
| 500 | |a Collation: fol.: v.1: [pi]ø a-bø [c]ø [d]£ [chi]B-[chi]Dø B-8Hø 8I£ [ |1 signed (missigning 5P as 4P)]; 352 leaves: p. [5] ii-xi [4] ii-xii [1] 2-124, 127-129 [1] 131-135 [1] 137-138, 141-638 [1] 640-678 (misprinting 32 as 23, 113 as 109, 116 as 112, 165 as 168, 168 as 165, 290 as 292, 291 as 289, 362-363 as 358-359, 585 as 577, 588 as 580); [36] leaves of plates (some folding, some double); v.2: [A]ø [chi]Bø B-5Fø [a]ø bø c£ [ |1 signed]; 203 leaves: p. [1] [blank] [3] 2-48, 45-236, 229-235, [1] 245-272 [1] 274-388 [10] (misprinting 110 as 111, 111 as 110, 321 as 313, 325 as 235, 357 as 349, 380 as 376); [29] leaves of plates (some folding, some double). | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 510 | 4 | |a Backer-Sommervogel, |c IV, 37 | |
| 561 | |a Burns Library copy: stamps on t.p.: "Boston College High School. Domestic Library." ; "Boston College IHS" ; "Lower Library Greek Classics"; "Weston College. Weston, Mass." | ||
| 590 | |a Burns Library copy: full-leather binding | ||
| 590 | |a Burns Library copy: title page for v.2 has been bound in place of t.p. for v.1, which is lacking | ||
| 651 | 0 | |a China |x Description and travel. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a China |x History. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea |x Description and travel. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea |x History. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) |x Description and travel. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) |x History. |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Jesuitica. |2 local | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bowen, Emanuel, |d d. 1767, |e tr. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Cave, Edward, |d 1691-1754, |e publisher. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Boston College High School, |e former owner, |5 MChB-B | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Weston College School of Theology, |e former owner, |5 MChB-B | |
| 752 | |a England |d London. | ||