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Desultory notes on the government and people of China, and on the Chines language; : illustrated with a sketch of the province of Kwang-Tûng, shewing its division into departments and districts

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1847.
Call number: 498864
Creator: Meadows, Thomas Taylor(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Dent, H. W.,; Forbes, Francis Blackwell,; Leslie, Thos. C.,; Lasell, Eldridge L.,; Lasell, Diane L.,; Lasell, David,; Lasell, Diane L.,; Iltis, Sarah Lasell,; Iltis, Ron,
Associated organizations: W.H. Allen & Co.,; J. & H. Cox (Brothers),
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