Memoirs And Remarks Geographical Historical Topographical Physical Natural Astronomical

by Lewis Le Comte Louis Le Comte

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London: Printed by John Hughs for Olive Payne, 1738. Frontispiece engraving of Confucius, fold-out plates, table. Leather over boards. Octavo. viii , 536 pages. Landmark account of Qing‑era China based on the detailed observations of Jesuit missionary and mathematician Louis le Comte while on the French Jesuit mission to China in 1687-1691. Originally published in Paris in 1696.

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