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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Main Author: Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1674-1743
Other Authors: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767, Gardner, Thomas, fl. 1735-1756 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Created: London: : Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate., 1738-1741.
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100 1 |a Du Halde, J.-B.  |q (Jean-Baptiste),  |d 1674-1743. 
240 1 0 |a Description geographique historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.  |l English 
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. In two volumes. 
260 |a London: :  |b Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate.,  |c 1738-1741. 
300 |a 2 v. :  |b ill., maps, music, plans, ports. ;  |c 40 cm. 
590 |a Jesuit author. 
500 |a Translation of: Description geographique historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise. 
500 |a Maps signed by Emanuel Bowen, who is also thought to be 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 The title-page to vol. 2., dated 1741, bears the imprint: printed by Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate. 
500 |a Signatures: vol. 1: [pi]² a-b² [c]² [d]² [superscript pi]B-D² [chi]1, B-8H² 8I²(-8I2); vol. 2: [A]² [superscript pi]B² B-5F² [a]² b² c²(-c2). 
500 |a Pagination: vol. 1: [4], xi, [1], xii, [2], 124, 127-138, 141-678 p., [36] leaves of plates (17 folded); vol 2: [4], 52, 49-388, [10] p., [28] leaves of plates (23 folded). 
500 |a Errors in pagination: vol. 1: p. 32 mispaged 23; 113, 109; 116, 112; 165, 168; 168, 165; 290, 292; 291, 289; 362-363, 358-359; 585, 577; 588, 580; vol 2: 50-51, 46-47, 110, 111, 111, 110; 237-243, 229-235; 325, 235; 357, 349; 380, 376. 
500 |a Includes index to both vols. in vol. 2. 
510 4 |a ESTC (RLIN),  |c T148343 
651 0 |a China  |x Description and travel  |v Early works to 1800. 
651 0 |a China  |v Maps  |v Early works to 1800. 
651 0 |a Korea  |x Description and travel  |v Early works to 1800. 
651 0 |a Korea  |v Maps  |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)  |v Maps  |v Early works to 1800. 
700 1 |a Bowen, Emanuel,  |d d. 1767. 
700 1 |a Gardner, Thomas,  |d fl. 1735-1756,  |e printer. 
700 1 |a Cave, Edward,  |d 1691-1754,  |e bookseller. 
752 |a England  |d London. 
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