An account of a Chinese expedition against the 'Confederates', of a capitation of the Chinese population, and of a Chinese embassy to Japan, perhaps translated from an (unidentified) French text
MS. Beckford c. 45
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
An account of a Chinese expedition against the 'Confederates', of a capitation of the Chinese population, and of a Chinese embassy to Japan, perhaps translated from an (unidentified) French text
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford c. 45
Summary
Leaves are in sewn section
With drawings, probably by Beckford:
(fols. 1v, 2, 17v) pen-and-ink drawings of (imaginary?) Japanese coins and an imperial Japanese barge, and decorative head and tail-pieces
(fol. 10v) part of a map, in pencil
Date
c.1774-5
Language
English
Physical extent
17 Leaves
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Collection contents
Literary papers
Literary papers
An account of a Chinese expedition against the 'Confederates', of a capitation of the Chinese population, and of a Chinese embassy to Japan, perhaps translated from an (unidentified) French text
