Jean-Baptiste Grosier
French author
Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre Grosier was a French abbé and critic of art and literature who published in 1788 his General Description of China. Wikipedia
Born: March 17, 1743, Saint-Omer, France
Died: December 8, 1823 (age 80 years), Paris, France
Books: A General Description of China: Containing the Topography of the Fifteen Provinces which Compose this Vast Empire, that of Tartary, the Isles, and Other Tributary Countries : the Number and Situation of Its Cities, the State of Its Population, the Natural History of Its Animals, Vegetables and Minerals : Together with the Latest Accounts that Have Reached Europe of the Government, Religion, Manners, Customs, Arts and Sciences of the Chinese : Illustrated by a New and Correct Map of China, and Other Copper Plates, A General Description of China: Containing the Topography of the Fifteen Provinces Which Compose This Vast Empire, That of Tartary, the Isles, and Other Tributary Countries: The Number and Situation of Its Cities, the State of Its Population, the Natural, A General Description of China: Containing the Topography of the Fifteen Provinces which Compose this Vast Empire ; ... Illustrated by a New and Correct Map of China, and Other Copper-plates. The Second Edition. ... Translated from the French of the Abbe Grosier, and more