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024 7    |a CWML O69 |2 soas classmark
035 9    |a 000218747 |b UF
040        |a DLC |d HDC |d OCL
041        |a eng
100 1    |a Du Halde, J.-B |q (Jean-Baptiste), |d 1674-1743.
240    0 |a Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique et physique de l'Empire de la Chine.
245 14 |a The general history of China |h [electronic resource] |b containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts and sciences : the whole adorn'd with curious maps, and a variety of copper plates / |c done from the French of P. Duhalde ... |y English.
250        |a 3rd ed. corr.
260        |a London : |b J. Watts [...]|c MDCCXLI [1741].
300        |a 4 v. : |b ill. (some fold.), fold. maps ; |c 20 cm.
500        |a CWM library copy inscribed "W. Lockhart".
505 0    |a Contents: Vol.1: general; administration; flora, fauna; minorities of west China, Miao, Lolo; Jesuit travels from Ningpo to Peking 1687; from Siam to China by land; geography of provinces; chronology to 1732. - Vol.2: court, government; urban control, roads; land; trades; social life, buildings; public works; personal relations; criminal law; natral resources; water resources; shipping; currency; trade; lacquer; ceramics; silk; language; paper, ink, printing. - Vol.3: examinations; religion; Confucianism; arts, sciences; literature; stories tr. by Entrecolles; Chinese orphan, tr. Premare; moral anecdotes; anti-Daoist, anti-Buddhist tract; life of Confucius, 4 Books; advice on marriage; summary of medical works; extracts from Pen-ts'ao, materia medica. - Vol.4: medical prescriptions; health, longevity; geography of Manchuria, Mongolia; Grand Tartary by Gerbillon; Mongolia; Manchu; Gerbillon in Tartary; Regis on Corea; Chinese works on Corea; Beering & Siberia; Jesuit map of Tibet of early 18th cent.
508        |a Tr. Richard Brookes "with omissions of technical matters" (Lust). Original French work comp. from unpublished & printed works of 17 Jesuits.
510        |a References: Cordier 50-51. NUC. Lust 16.
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |d 2021. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
650    0 |a English imprints |x Early works to 1800.
651    0 |x China |x Early works to 1800.
651    0 |x East Asia |x History |x Early works to 1800.
700 1    |a Brookes, Richard, |d fl. 1721-1763.
752        |a China.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a China Collection.
830    0 |a Council for World Mission Library.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c China Collection
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001798/00002 |y Click here for full text
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/AA/00/00/17/98/00002/00005thm.jpg
997        |a China Collection


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