A general description of China : containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire ; that of Tartary, the isles, and dother 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