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1838: Asia and Africa
1850: Asia and Africa
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China--Description and travel
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J. B. Grosier

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.

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London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row., 1788.
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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. Library Average
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