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Ideographia: The Chinese Cipher in Early Modern Europe David Porter
Ideographia: The Chinese Cipher in Early Modern Europe
David Porter
From the first Jesuit mission in 1583 until the disastrous failure of the British trade embassy in 1816, China's culture transfixed the attention of the Western world. This text examines European attitudes towards China's linguistic, theological, aesthetic and economic systems.
250 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804732031 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 236 × 31 mm · 576 g |
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