First edition. Hardcover. Fine in very good dustjacket (sterling price intact) with a few closed tears and a few spots of soiling on the back panel. The second book by this fine historian & biographer, focussing on the life of Matteo Ricci, a great scholar and missionary who journeyed to China in 1582, where he lived, worked and studied and wrote for the remaining 28 years of his life. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece portrait and many b/w plates. Seller Inventory # 23906

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wise Man from the West.

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis 1955.

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Larsen Books is located in the picturesque Southern Highlands, between Sydney and Canberra (2 hours south of Sydney). We are principally a mail order/internet business and can be found at www.larsenbooks.com.au. We have an extensive general stock, but specialise in literary first editions, history and children's books, including a very large stock of the modern picture book.

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NSW, Australia

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Phone: 02 4883 4450
International phone: 61 2 4883 4450
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