Author: Spence, Jonathan D.
Title: The Question of Hu
Description: N. Y, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394571908. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.187 with index and bibliography. Not much is known about the Chinese who traveled to the West. The author tells the story of a man called John Hu who accompanied a French missionary returning from Canton to France in 1722. clean tight copy d/j shows slight edgewear of slight crinkling to top edges and a 1' tear front top right. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: CHINA EUROPE CHINA_HISTORY_1644-1795 0394571908