‎CLERC Nicolas Gabriel, dit - Le Clerc (1726-1798) :‎
‎Yu le Grand et Confucius, histoire chinoise. Par M.Clerc, ancien Médecin des Armées du Roi, de l'Hetman des Cosaques, Inspecteur...‎

‎ Soissons, De l'Imprimerie de Ponce Courtois, 1769, 4 parts in 1 vol., in-4°, xviii+ 701 pp + (9) + 8 folding tables, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated back, joints split and restored, notwithstanding the binding faults and four pages with inkstains a good copy. First and only edition, the French author spent a large time of his life in Russia. In this book he gathered important information on commerce, population and ideology of Russia and China. Text in French (History of Russia, history of China, Confucius). (Lust Nr. 1275, Cordier 604. Morrison II, 47).‎

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