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