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Sir John Francis Davis

1795 - 1890

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  • Cover of: Chinese: a general description of China and its inhabitants

    First published in 1800 10 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition chinesegeneralde02daviuoft Cover of edition chinesegeneralde01davi Cover of edition chinesegeneralde01daviuoft Cover of edition chinesegeneral01davi Cover of edition chineseageneral01goog
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  • Cover of: China, during the war and since the peace.

    First published in 1852 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition chinaduringwarsi0000davi
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  • Cover of: Chinese miscellanies: a collection of essays and notes.

    First published in 1865 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels: translated from the originals; The shadow in the water, The twin sisters, The three dedicated chambers, with observations on the language and literature of China

    First published in 1822 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition chinesenovelstra00davirich
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  • Cover of: Hien wun shoo.: Chinese moral maxims, with a free and verbal translation; affording examples of the grammatical structure of the language.

    First published in 1823 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Poeseos Sinicae commentarii.: The poetry of the Chinese.

    First published in 1870 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition poeseossinicaec00davigoog
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  • Cover of: poetry of the Chinese =: Han wen shih chieh = Poeseos sinicæae commentarii

    First published in 1870 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: China: a general description of that empire and its inhabitants; with the history of foreign intercourse down to the events which produced the dissolution of 1857

    First published in 1857 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants.

    First published in 1972 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels (1822)

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels, translated from the originals; to which are added proverbs and moral maxims, collected from their classical books and other sources: The whole prefaced by Observations on the language and literature of China

    First published in 1822 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: San-Yu-Low; or, The three dedicated rooms: a tale translated from the Chinese.

    First published in 1815 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sketches of China: partly during an inland journey of four months, between Peking, Nanking, and Canton; with notices and observations relative to the present war

    First published in 1841 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vizier Ali Khan; or, The massacre of Benares: a chapter in British Indian history ...

    First published in 1871 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: vocabulary, containing Chinese words and phrases peculiar to Canton and Macao, and to the trade of those places; together with the titles and address of all the officers of government, Hong merchants, &c. &c. Alphabetically arranged, and intended as anaid to correspondence and conversation in the native language.

    First published in 1824 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants

    First published in 1848 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants ...

    First published in 1855 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Chinese moral maxims

    First published in 1920 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: On Chusan

    First published in 1856 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Chinese moral maxims

    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
History, Description and travel, Chinese literature, Chinese language, Translations into English, Chinese Maxims, Chinese Proverbs, Chinese fiction, Chinese poetry, History and criticism, Maxims, Readers, Social life and customs, Texts and translations, Travel, China Opium War, 1840-1842, China, description and travel, China, history, Chinese Translations, English literature, Fiction, Sources, Translations
Places
China, Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China), Zhoushan Archipelago (China)
People
John Francis Davis Sir (1795-1890)
Time
Opium War, 1840-1842, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912

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  • Davis, John Francis Sir, bart
  • Davis, John Francis Sir

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June 5, 2018 Edited by Charles Horn add wikidata and viaf
June 5, 2018 Edited by Charles Horn merge authors
July 20, 2016 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import