Jean-Baptiste Du Halde

The authorities additionally record the headings Du Halde, Father Du Halde, P. du Halde, Pere du Halde and M. du Halde. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Catholicism.

9 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1700 to 1772.

Description de la Chine. Top: Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation, one (left) kneeling to hit his head against a rock, and the other (right) with burning herbs on his head; below, a monk being whipped as a punishment for promiscuity. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after B. Picart after J. Nieuhof., dated 1730-1739, held by Wellcome Collection. A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet. Containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries ... / from the French of P.J.B. DuHalde, Jesuit, with notes geographical, historical and critical and other improvements, particularly in the maps by the translator., dated 1738-1741, held by Wellcome Collection. The general history of China . Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet. ... adorn'd with curious maps, and ... copper-plates. Done from the French of P. Du Halde. ., dated 1736, held by Wellcome Collection. The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts and sciences ... / Done from the French of P. Duhalde ... [by R. Brookes]., dated 1741, held by Wellcome Collection. The orphan of China , a tragedy, as it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane., dated 1772, held by Wellcome Collection. An irregular dissertation, occasioned by the reading of Father Du Halde's description of China Which may be read at any time, except in the present year 1740., dated 1740, held by Wellcome Collection. Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block. Engraving after J. Nieuhof., dated 1700-1799, held by Wellcome Collection. Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation}: (left to right) two men hitting their heads against each other; a man kneeling to hit his head against a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a standing man hitting his head with a rock. Engraving after J. Nieuhof., dated [1768], held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Lettres édifiantes et curieuses (1811) — Internet Archive. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses: écrites des missions étrangéres, Volume 17 (1810) — Internet Archive. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses: écrites des missions étrangéres, Volume 20 (1811) — Internet Archive. The Chinese Traveller: Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political ... (1772) — Internet Archive. Les deux matrones; ou, Les infidélités démasquées: Ouvrage posthume de M. Freron, enrichi de ... (1776) — Internet Archive. L'orphelin de la Chine,: tragédie (1755) — Internet Archive. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangéres (1810) — Internet Archive. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses: écrites des missions étrangéres, Volume 2 (1810) — Internet Archive. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangères par quelques missionaires de la ... (1774) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is history.