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 gread 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 mpas, by the translator. In two volumes.
| Author/creator | Du Halde, J.-B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738] |
| Description | 2 volumes,plates : maps,portraits ; 2⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine. English |
| General note | The titlepage to vol. 2., dated 1741, bears the imprint: printed by Edward Cave. |
| General note | With an index. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T148343. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |