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Le Memorandum chinois,ou Violation du traité de Péking. Exposé et réfutation par un missionnaire de Chine[The Chinese Memorandum, or Violation of the Treaty of Peking. Statement and Refutation by a Missionary in China]
Imprimerie de la Propagande|Rome 1872|12.5 x 18.5 cm|Broché
First edition (cf. Cordier, Sinica, 2558).
Only one copy recorded in the CCF (BnF).
The First Convention of Peking (18 October 1860) was one of those unequal treaties through which the Western powers sought to impose their conception of international law upon China, which remained reluctant to comply with its provisions.
The clauses addressed in this brief memorandum concern, in particular, the full freedom of practice of the various Christian denominations as stipulated in Article 13.
Loss at the foot of the spine, marginal loss at the foot of the upper cover, minor spotting to the covers.
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