Histori Und Eigentliche Beschreibung Erstlich Was Gestalt Vermittelst Sonderbarer Huelff Und

by Diego De Albertinus Pantoja Aegidius Tr

$11,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare first German edition of this influential Jesuit letterbook from China describing Matteo Ricci’s acceptance at the court of Peking and marking a shift in European perceptions of China from “a view of China as seen from Macao to a view of China from within.” (de Paula Nogueira, p. 426)..... More

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