University of Virginia Library

A List of books from whence the following
Notes are extracted: and of the several
editions there referred to.

A description of the empire of China and
of Chinese Tartary, &c. from the French of
P. Du Halde, London 1738. 2. vol. folio.

[Although the references are chiefly made to
this translation, yet recourse was occasionally had to
the grand Paris edition of the original intitled,]

Description Geographique, Historique &c.
de l' Empire de la China & de la Tartare
Chinoise &c. par le P. J. B. Du Halde,
de la Comp. de Jesus. Paris 1735. 4. tom.
folio.

The Hist. of . . . China &c, lately written
in Italian by F. Alv. Semedo, now put into
English, &c. Lond. 1655. folio.

A new history of China, &c. by Gabriel
Magaillans [or Magalhaëns] of the society
of Jes. done out of French. Lond.
1686. 8vo.

Nouveaux memoires sur l' etat present de
la Chine par le R. P. Louis Le Compte,
de la Comp. de Jes. Amst. 1697. 2. tom.
12mo.

A short description of China, &c. by Dionysius
Kao, a native, &c. printed at the end
of Isbrandt Ides' travels, &c. London 1705.
4to.

Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio
Soc. Jes. descriptus. Amst. à Bleau
1655. folio.

Martini Martinjj Tridentini è Soc. Jes.
Sinicæ Historicæ, decas prima. Amst.
à Bleau, 1659. 12mo.

Lettres edifiantes & curieuses,
ecrites des missions etrangeres, par quelques
missionaires de la Comp. de Jes. Recueils
XXVIII. Paris 1702. à 1758. 12mo.

Travels of the Jesuites, &c. compiled
from their letters, &c. by Mr. Lockman.
Lond. 1743. 2. vol. 8vo.

Confucius Sinarum Philosophus, five
Scientia Sinensis Latinè exposita, studio
& opera P. Couplet, &c. Paris 1687. folio.

The Morals of Confucius. Lond 1691.
12mo.

L'Ambassade de la Compagne Orientale
des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la
Chine, &c. par Mons. J. Nieuhoff. Leyd.
1665. folio.

Kercheri China illustrata, &c. Ams.
1667. folio.

Theof. Sigef. Bayeri, Musæum Sinicum,
In quo Sinicæ Linguæ et Literaturæ ratio
explicatur. Petropoli 1730. 2. 8vo.

Historia cultus Sinensium, seu varia scripta
de cultibus Sinarum, &c. oblata Innocentio
XII. Colon. 1700. 2. tom. 12mo.

The Modern part of a Univ. Hist.
from the earliest accounts of Time, &c.
Lond. 1759. 8vo. vol. the 8th.

Ogilby's China, &c. Lond 1669. 1671.
2. vol. folio.

Picart's ceremonies & religious customs,
&c. Lond. 1735. vol. the 4th. folio.

Harris's collection of voyages & travels,
Lond. 1744. 2. vol. folio.

Kæmpfer's Hist. of Japan, Lond. 1727.
folio.

A Voyage round the world by George
Anson, Esq; &c. compiled by R. Walter,
A. M. Lond. 1748. 8vo.

Dampier's voyages, vol. 1. 1691. vol. 2.
1699. 8vo.

De L'Esprit des Loix, Geneve, 2. tom.
8vo.

Reflections critiques sur les histoires
des anciens peuples, &c. par Mons. Fourmont,
professeur en langue Arabe au college
royal de France, Paris 1735. 2. tom. 4to.

Histoire de l'Acadamie Royale des Inscriptions
et Belles Lettres, Paris 4to. var. dat.

N. B. We beg leave to inform the
Reader that the plates prefixed to these
volumes are only given as curiosities, being
copied from prints in a Chinese History,
that was found among the Translator's
papers. In this book every page of Chinese
characters was faced with one of
these cuts.

With regard to the additional pieces
they will be found distributed in the following
manner. At the end of
VOL III.

A Collection of Chinese Proverbs, &c.

VOL IV.

The Argument of a Chinese Play.

Fragments of Chinese Poetry.