1. Add MS 8803
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8803
- Title:
- MATTEO RICCI: Treatise on Friendship; 1595-1599, 1724. Chinese, Italian, and Latin. Autograph. A collection of moral sentences from ancient Western authors put together and translated into Chinese by father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the famous Jesuit missionary, in Nanchang at the end of 1595, and dedicated to Qian Zhai, prince of Jian'an (Jian'an wang). Ricci's main literary source was probably the 5th edition of Andrea de Rèsende, Sententiae et exempla ex probatissimis quibusque scriptorib...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled brown calf, with original xylographic pastedowns: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 7-29v Matteo Ricci, Jesuit and mathematician: Treatise on Friendship: 1595-1599: Chinese and Ital: autogr. ff. 33-34 M...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Chinese, English, and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1595-1724
- Extent:
- 1 item