China : arts and daily life as seen by Father Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries
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China : arts and daily life as seen by Father Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries / edited by Gianni Guadalupi ; introduction by Joseph Franz Schütte, S.J. ; note on the illustrations by Mario Bussagli ; [designed by] Franco Maria Ricci.
Includes indexes.
***Graphic resource: Full-color plates accompanying descriptive text taken from letters and documents by Ricci, et al. with emphasis on the practical sciences: agricultural, sericulture, silk manufacturing, rice harvesting, ships and shipping, porcelain making, weaving cotton, making and processing tea...etc. (Italian edition at DS708.C573 1980)
Copy n. 436 of 5,000. In presentation case. |
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