Memoirs of Father Ripa during thirteen years' residence at the court of Peking in the service of the Emperor of China : with an account of the foundation of the college for the education of young Chinese at Naples / [selected and translated from the Italian by Fortunato Prandi].
Translation and condensation of: Storia della fondazione della congregazione e del Collegio de' cinesi.
Reprint of the 1844 ed. published by John Murray, London.

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