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Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexander Grosier (1743-1823)
A General Description of China ..., London: for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 123mm.). Folding engraved map handcoloured in outline, 15 copper-engraved plates. (Lacking half titles, map with very short tear, occasional light spotting and marginal browning). Contemporary calf (joints splitting, rubbed). Provenance: John Boyd (bookplates).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Lust 30-31: "General description of China, originally intended as the 13th volume of De Mailla's history of China. Very rich in the observation and detail amassed by the Jesuits. Picture of an attractive country before semi-colonization set in." (2)
A General Description of China ..., London: for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 123mm.). Folding engraved map handcoloured in outline, 15 copper-engraved plates. (Lacking half titles, map with very short tear, occasional light spotting and marginal browning). Contemporary calf (joints splitting, rubbed). Provenance: John Boyd (bookplates).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Lust 30-31: "General description of China, originally intended as the 13th volume of De Mailla's history of China. Very rich in the observation and detail amassed by the Jesuits. Picture of an attractive country before semi-colonization set in." (2)
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