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P. J. MAIRAN

Lettres d'un missionnaire a Pekin, contenant diverses questions sur la Chine, pour servir de supplément aux mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages de chinois ; par les missionnaires de Pekin

Chez Nyon, à Paris 1782, in-8 (12x20cm), xi (1) 368pp. (1), relié.

Second edition and first edition under this title, the book was titled: Letters to Father ... Parennin on China. Illustrated boards and a calf figure.Plein granita. Smooth spine decorated. Part of title in red morocco. Torn off caps. Upper jaw and split open the tail and head. Corners bumped. Misses the marbled paper on the first page. A lack of room in titre.Au contrary memoirs about China, including letters of missionary fathers sent to France, this book brings together the letters addressed to Father Mairan Parrenin in China, in Beijing. Responses father Parrenin were published in the Collection of Letters edifying and curious missionaries. Based on its rélfexions and its work Mairan submits various assumptions about China, including journey of an Egyptian colony in China in ancient times, the state of science in China, beliefs and superstitions, writing a parallel architectures between Chinese, Egyptian and Greek letters on ... Besides China, the book is supplemented by various treaties of the author, on a fable of Olympus (the Northern Lights, which the author give a complete treatise), a second on the balance of painters Batteries, another monsters, and finally a letter to the Count de Caylus on an ancient carved stone. Scholar with multiple great knowledge, Mairan has written extensively on several scientific fields where he held his sagacity, especially astronomy and physics. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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