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A general description of China : containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire, that of Tartary, the isles, and other tributary countries : the number and situation of its cities, the state of its population, the natural history of its animals, vegetables and minerals : together with the latest accounts that have reached Europe of the government, religion, manners, customs, arts and sciences of the Chinese : illustrated by a new and correct map of China, and other copper plates / translated from the French of Abbé Grosier.

J.-B. Grosier (Jean-Baptiste), 1743-1823

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אגרת אל יהודי סין.

אגרת אל יהודי סין.

נייטו, יצחק בן דוד

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Expédition de Chine / par Paul Varin.

Paul Varin

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