198 - ARGENS (Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'). Chinese Letters, or Philosophical, Historical, and Critical Correspondence between a Chinese Traveler in Paris and His Correspondents in China, Muscovy, Persia, and Japan. Fifth edition, expanded with several substantial additions, remarks, etc., a dissertation on literary disputes, several new letters, and a table of contents. The Hague, Gosse & Van Daalen, 1756.

ARGENS (Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'). Chinese Letters, or Philosophical, Historical, and Critical Correspondence between a Chinese Traveler in Paris and His Correspondents in China, Muscovy, Persia, and Japan. Fifth edition, expanded with several substantial additions, remarks, etc., a dissertation on literary disputes, several new letters, and a table of contents. The Hague, Gosse & Van Daalen, 1756. 6 volumes in-12, marbled sheepskin, smooth, decorated spines (contemporary binding). This author’s final periodical work, intended to complete the overview of civilizations begun in *Jewish Letters*. The focus now shifts to comparing the customs of the various nations of Europe with those of the Chinese and the countries of Asia. A fine copy. (Slight cracks in the head of the spine on volume 4.)