Extent4 v. : ill., 43 maps, ports., 10 plans ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Alternative TitleDescription de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
Note (General)"Du papier, de l'encre, des pinceaux, de l'imprimerie, et de la relieure des livres de la Chine": v. 2, p. [239]-251.
Half title: Description de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
"Compiled from unpublished and printed works of 17 Jesuits. The maps, by d'Anville, were based on Jesuit surveys ... Edited by Père Contancin"--Lust.
Signatures: v. 1:pi2「ウ」 [superscript pi]a-b2「ウ」 a-n2「ウ」 [superscript chi]a2「ウ」 A-6K2「ウ」; v. 2: pi2「ウ」 a2「ウ」 A-8X2「ウ」; v. 3: pi2「ウ」 a2「ウ」 A-7D2「ウ」; v.4: pi2「ウ」 a1 A-6P2「ウ」.
Illustrations: 65 prints : engraving, etching ; full-page (13) or larger (52) . Some signed: A. Humblot delin.; engravers include F. Baillieul, Baquoy, Desbrulins, Delahaye, Fonbonne, Guélard, Haussard, Le Parmentier, Lucas, Maisonneuve. -- Engraved t.p. vignettes, headpieces and pictorial initials; woodcut head- and tailpieces and ornamental initials; several woodcut ill. in the text.
"Relation succincte du voyage du Capitaine Beerings dans la Sibérie": v. 4, p. [452]-458; accompanying "Carte des pays traversés par le Capne. Beerings" shows St. Lawrence Island (Alaska) .
Glossaries of Chinese terms at end of vols. 3 and 4.
Includes indexes.