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Author	Le Comte, Louis, 1655-1728.
Uniform Title	Nouveaux mémories sur l'état présent de la Chine. English.
Title	Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical : Made in a late journey through the empire of China, and published in several letters. Particularly upon the Chinese pottery and varnishing; the silk and other manufactures; the pearl fishing; the history of plants and animals; with a description of their cities and publick works; number of people, their language, manners and commerce; their habits, oeconomy, and government. The philosophy of Confucius. The state of Christianity, and many other curious and useful remarks. By Louis Le Comte Jesuit, confessor to the Dutchess of Burgundy, one of the royal mathematicians, and lately missionary in the eastern countries. Translated from the Paris edition, and illustrated with figures.
Publication Info	London : printed for Benjamin Tooke at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1698.
Edition	The second edition very much corrected, with the addition of a map of China, and a table.

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Descript	[24], 225, [1] p., 226-240 leaves, 241-527 p., [11] p., [4] leaves of plates : table, engr.
Edition	The second edition very much corrected, with the addition of a map of China, and a table.
Note	A translation of: Le Comte, Louis. Nouveaux mémories sur l'état présent de la Chine.
	The words "Topographical .. Ecclesiastical." are bracketed together on title page.
	Includes index.
	Folded table with heading "A list of all the words that form the Chinese tongue" between pp. 180-181.
	Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

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Author	Le Comte, Louis, 1655-1728.
Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Missions -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	Jesuits -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

Descript	[24], 225, [1] p., 226-240 leaves, 241-527 p., [11] p., [4] leaves of plates : table, engr.
Edition	The second edition very much corrected, with the addition of a map of China, and a table.
Note	A translation of: Le Comte, Louis. Nouveaux mémories sur l'état présent de la Chine.
	The words "Topographical .. Ecclesiastical." are bracketed together on title page.
	Includes index.
	Folded table with heading "A list of all the words that form the Chinese tongue" between pp. 180-181.
	Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

Author	Le Comte, Louis, 1655-1728.
Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Missions -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	Jesuits -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

Subject	Missions -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	Jesuits -- China -- Early works to 1800.
	China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Descript	[24], 225, [1] p., 226-240 leaves, 241-527 p., [11] p., [4] leaves of plates : table, engr.
Note	A translation of: Le Comte, Louis. Nouveaux mémories sur l'état présent de la Chine.
	The words "Topographical .. Ecclesiastical." are bracketed together on title page.
	Includes index.
	Folded table with heading "A list of all the words that form the Chinese tongue" between pp. 180-181.
	Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

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