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MÉMOIRES CONCERNANT L'HISTOIRE, LES SCIENCES, LES ARTS, LES MOEURS, LES USAGES, &C. DES CHINOIS: PAR LES MISSIONAIRES DE PEKIN, 8. TOME HUITIEME. 1782. Paris, Chez Nyon, by Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot (and others), first edition of eighth volume only, pp.viii, 375, [1], 30 plates, 27 x 20cm. Provenance: from the collection of Sir Lionel Henry Lamb (1900 – 1992). Lamb joined the China Consular Service in 1921, eventually taking charge of the British Embassy in Beijing as Chargé d’Affaires 1951 – 1953. 一七八二 《北京傳教士關於中國歷史、科學、藝術、風俗、習慣錄》第八冊 來源：Lionel Henry Lamb（1900 – 1992）收藏。 Lamb於1921年加入中國領事處，最終在1951年至1953年間擔任英國駐北京大使館的負責人 The eighth volume of this massive encyclopedic compendium of material on Chinese civilisation. With Amiot’s Suite des vies ou portraits des celebres Chinois, and a supplement to his Art militaire des Chinois, with thirty engraved plates. *For a full condition report, please contact the department.* *请您联系我们索取品项报告。*