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- London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762
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- 2 volumes : frontispiece ; 17 cm
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- Edited by Thomas Percy, bp. of Dromore.
- volume 1. I. A dissertation on the language and characters of the Chinese. II. Rules of conduct, by a Chinese author, from the French of P. Parrenin. III. The little orphan of the House of Chao: A Chinese tragedy. Translated from the French version, published in the grand folio edition of P. du Halde's Description de l'Empire de la Chine, &c. Paris 1735. tome 3me. IV. On the Chinese drana; from Mr. Hurd's Discourse on poetical imitation -- volume 2. I. Authentic memoirs of the Christian church in China: from the German of J.L. de Mosheim. II. Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese, by Mr. Chambers, architect. III. A description of the Emperor's garden and pleasure-houses near Pe-king, from the French of Frere Attiret, Jesuit. IV. A description of the solemnities observed at Pe-king on the Emperor's mother entering on the sixtieth year of her age, from the French of P. Amyot, Jesuit