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ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'

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Chinese letters, or philosophical, historical and critical correspondence, between a Chinese traveller & his correspondents in China, Muscovy, Persia & Japan. New edition. Augmented with new letters. The Hague, Pierre Paupie, 1766. 6 volumes in-12 (140 x 83 mm) of 2 ff.n.ch., 332 pp. for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch, 363 pp. for volume II ; 2 ff.n.c., 376 pp. for volume III ; 2 ff.n.c., 367 pp. for volume IV ; 2 ff.n.c., 356 pp. for volume V ; 2 ff.n.c., XVI, 93 pp., 1 f.n.c., 208 pp. for volume VI Marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, red edges (period binding). See INED, 84 (e.o. of 1739-1740 in 5 volumes). New edition. The last volume contains the Songes philosophiques. Good copy.

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