Memoirs and Remarks Geographical, Historical, Topographical, Physical, Natural, Astronomical, Mechanical, Military, Mercantile, Political, and Ecclesiastical. Made in above Ten Years Travels through the Empire of China: Particularly, upon Their Pottery and varnishing, Silk and other Manufactures, Pearl-fishing,...Economy and Government, the Philosophy of the Famous Confucius...
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..... More