GOLLW2 Golvers, Noel: LIBRARIES OF WESTERN LEARNING FOR CHINA: CIRCULATION OF WESTERN BOOKS BETWEEN EUROPE AND CHINA IN THE JESUIT MISSION (CA. 1650-1750). Volume One: Logistics of Book Acquisition and Circulation. Leuven, 2012. 679 pp. 24x16 cm. Paper. GBP 80.00 The first volume of a wide-ranging study of the spread and penetration of Western books in late Ming and early Qing dynasty China via Jesuit missionaries. This volume focuses on the logistics of acquiring and distributing books from the West - the selection process, the acquisition through book agents and donors in cities in Europe and the methods and routes of delivery. Subjects: Bibliography Item 365 in List 212. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?g/GOLLW2.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |