The wise man from the West / Vincent Cronin
1959, 2nd impression. London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Former library copy with some library marks remaining. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #443835
Physical description: 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Contents: The sealed empire -- Call to the east -- Breaking the seal -- Paradise revealed -- Gaining ground -- Bonze into graduate -- Up the imperial canal -- A banquet in Nanking -- Prisoners of the eunuch -- Within the forbidden city -- The castle of barbarians -- Clash with the Buddhists -- Adorers of the cross -- The quest for cathay -- Unless the grain die -- The end of the mission Prologue: The sealed empire. -- 1. Call to the East. -- 2. Breaking the seal. -- 3. Paradise revealed. -- 4. Gaining ground. -- 5. Bonze into graduate. -- 6. Up the imperial canal. -- 7. A banquet in Nanking. -- 8. Prisoners of the Eunuch. -- 9. Within the forbidden city. -- 10. The castle of barbarians. -- 11. Clash with the Buddhists. -- 12. Adorers of the cross. -- 13. The quest for Cathay. -- 14. Unless the grain die. -- Epilogue: The end of the mission. Subjects: Ricci, Matteo 1552-1610. Jesuits Missions China. Missionaries China ; Biography. China Social life and customs 960-1644.
Price: €12.95