Jean-Baptiste Grosier

{{Short description|French abbé and critic of art and literature}}

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Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre Grosier (17 March 1743 – 8 December 1823) was a French abbé and critic of art and literature who published in 1788 his General Description of China.[https://books.google.com/books?id=QrRCAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA190 A history of pottery and porcelain: mediæval and modern by Joseph Marryat p.190]

Works

  • De la Chine: ou Description générale de cet empire, rédigée d'après les mémoires de la mission de Pé-Kin

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Category:French literary critics

Category:1743 births

Category:1823 deaths

Category:French male non-fiction writers

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