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WILKINSON, JAMES, translator. Hau Kiou Choaan; or, The Pleasing History. A Translation from the Chinese Language.To which are added, I. The Argument or Story of a Chinese Play, II. A Collection of Chinese Proverbs, and III. Fragments of Chinese Poetry. With Notes [by Thomas Percy]. Engraved frontispiece and errata leaf in each volume; half-title in Volume 1 only. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf with morocco lettering pieces, some wear to spine ends, joints cracked or starting; frontispieces lightly offset, with short clean tear in the second and third, contents otherwise clean. From the library of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), with Christie's 1986 sale bookplates. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761
