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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Title: "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"

Statement of Responsibility: from the French of J.B. Du Halde ; with notes geographical, historical, and critical, and other improvements, particularly in the maps, by the translator

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Reproduction of: London : Printed by T. Gardner for E. Cave, 1738-1741. 2 v

English translation of the French original

The translator's preface indicates that many contributions, including maps, were the works of various missionaries, both named and un-named

Both vols. bear the autograph of Henry Boutcher, and the bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple