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Creator:
Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
Title(s):
A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens near Pekin: In a letter from F. Attiret, a French missionary, now employ'd by that emperor to paint the apartments in those gardens, to his friend at Paris. Translated from the French, by Sir Harry Beaumont.
Published/Created:
London, Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by M. Cooper, 1752.
Physical Description:
vi, 50 p. 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SB466 C5 P4
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : A ms. note discussing the work is bound at the end.
BAC : Head-pieces.
BEIN College Pamphlets 1031 4: Imperfect: Half-title wanting. From the library of William Whitman Farnam.
Translated by Joseph Spence, who wrote under the pseudonym Sir Harry Beaumont.--Cf. Halkett and Laing.
English short title catalogue, T43683
Subject Terms:
Brit tracts -- 1752.
Farnam, William Whitman, 1844-1929 -- Ownership.
Gardens -- China -- Beijing.
Yüan Ming Yüan.
Form/Genre:
Tracts (literary works)
Contributors:
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
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