The Chinese orphan : an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.
1741
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Title
The Chinese orphan : an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.
Created/published
London : Printed for Charles Corbett, 1741.
Description
vii,[1],75,[1]p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Hatchett, William, active 1730-1741, author.
Note
Adapted by William Hatchett, who signs the dedication, from Du Halde's 'Description géographique, historique, Chronologique et physique de l'empire de la Chine'.
Titlepage in red and black.
Listed in the printer's ledger of Henry Woodfall the elder ('Notes and queries', June 1855).
Also issued as part of: 'The diverting jumble', London, Harris, 1747.
Titlepage in red and black.
Listed in the printer's ledger of Henry Woodfall the elder ('Notes and queries', June 1855).
Also issued as part of: 'The diverting jumble', London, Harris, 1747.
ESTC staff note
NUC entry under Hatchett. 'Description' etc. a 4 vol. work; this is apparently adapted from an extract.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009-2010. Imagining China.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T130248
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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PR3506.H84C6 Cage