Matteo Ricci's scientific contribution to China. Translated by Edwards Chalmers Werner.

8vo.

Sewn, original wrappers. Uncut copy.

Monograph by the French Jesuit priest, missionary in China and sinologist Henri Bernard (1889-1975) about Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the first representatives of the Jesuit China missions.
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