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XCVI. A description of the Plan of Peking, the Capital of China; sent to the Royal Society by Father Gaubil, e societate Jesu. Translated from the French
A folding plan of Peking 1758. J. Mynde sculp. Philos. Trans. Vol. L. Tab. XXIV. p.704.
Together with 26 pages of text bound in modern red hardback cover.
Philosophical Transactions giving some account of the present undertakings, studies and labours, of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world. Vol. L. Part II. For the Year 1758.
London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers to the Royal Society, against Gray's Inn Gate, in Holbourn. M.DCC.LIX.
The map was engraved by the English engraver James Mynde (1702 - 1770)who worked in London.
Antoine Gaubil (1689 - 1759) was a French Jesuit priest who was sent to China in 1722. He lived in Beijing for the rest of his life. He was an astronomer and historian.
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Worms, Laurence and Baynton-Williams, Ashley British Map Engravers 2011.
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