Shelfmark
Sa2.5.16
Title
Brevis relatio eoru, quæ spectant ad declarationem Sinaru Imperatoris Kam Hi circa Coeli, Cumfucii, et Avoru cultu, datam anno 1700. Accedunt Primatu, Doctissimoruque viroru, et antiquissimæ traditionis testimonia opera PP. Societ. Jesu Pekini pro evangelii propagatione laborantium.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Peking], [1701].
Physical description
[61] double leaves ; 23cm.
Note
Printed from wooden blocks, and on rice paper.
Note
First issue - as printed on the last leaf verso - "Pekini 29 July anni 1701". There were two other issues, both printed in Canton 1702, one uncorrected and one with corrigenda.
Note
In Latin, some text in Chinese and Manchu.
Note
Pencil marks on flyleaf: "£175.00", "HR", "135/1988".
Note
Previous shelfmark: AZ.2.2.10.
Formatted contents note
Contents: "A very imporrtant work composed and sent by the Peking Jesuits in 1701 from China to Rome. The book contains and explains the K'ang-hsi Emperor's declaration about the Chinese terms for God and the non-religious nature of the Chinese Rites venerating ancestors and Confucius. This view, which was also that of the Jesuits, is also supported by quotations from the Chinese classics and from statements by leaned Chinese of the time."--note inserted "From the collections of the Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History".
Citation/references note
Backer-Sommervogel 7:1978
Provenance
Book-label recording donation to Eton College Library by John Hely-Hutchinson in 1950, and book-label dated 1948.
Provenance
Card catalogue has "The Harmsworth copy (?)".
Provenance
Ms. inscription on flyleaf: "Ad usum Friderici Valignani".
Binding
18th century brown mottled calf; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine.
Subject
Kangxi, 1654 - 1722 Emperor of China.
Subject
Jesuits China.
Subject
Chinese rites Sources.
Subject
God Name Sources China.
Subject
Ancestor worship History Western views and opinions China.
Subject
Ancestor worship Religious aspects China.
Subject
Chinese classics Religious aspects.
Added entry--name
Valignani, Federico marchese di Cipagatti, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hely-Hutchinson, J. W., 1882 - 1955 (John Walter) former owner.
Added entry--place
China Peking.
Language code
lat chi mcu
Identifier
B25970