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China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century / edited by Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè.

Reed, Marcia, 1945-; Demattè, Paola, 1962-; Getty Research Institute.
2007
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Title
China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century / edited by Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè.
Created/published
Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, ©2007.
Description
ix, 235 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
Associated name
Reed, Marcia, 1945-
Demattè, Paola, 1962-
Getty Research Institute.
Note
Accompanies an exhibition held at the Getty Research Institute, Nov. 6, 2007-Feb. 10, 2008.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223) and index.
Contents
In search of perfect clarity / Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè
A perfume is best from afar : publishing China for Europe / Marcia Reed
Christ and Confucius : accommodating Christian and Chinese beliefs / Paola Demattè
From astronomy to heaven : Jesuit science and the conversion of China / Paola Demattè
Mapping an acentric world : Ferdinand Verbiest's Kunyu quantu / Gang Song and Paola Demattè
War and peace : four intercultural landscapes / Richard E. Strassberg.

Call number
DS721 .C48757 2007
Folger accession
264944

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