Confucius Sinarum philosophus, sive Scientia Sinensis Latine exposita.
Confucius (551-479 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3187019
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 pts. in 1 v. (cxxiv; 108; 21, [3]; 159, [1]; xx, 8, 106, 105-108, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, port. ; fol. Running number: 4082. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price[?] in pencil at foot of front fly-leaf: "-17-". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; blind roll pattern on board edges; floral gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Confucius (551-479 BC) François de Rougemont (1624-1676) Philippe Couplet (1623-1692) Chrétien Herdtrich (1625-1684) Prospero Intorcetta (1626-1696) Philippe Couplet (1623-1692) Rougemont, François de Philippe Couplet (1623-1692)