Les Religieux Occidentaux en Chine à l’Epoque Moderne. Essai d’Analyse Textuelle Comparée.Girard, Pascale.Descripción: Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, 2000. First edition. Quarto. 619, [3]pp. Original pictorial wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover and spine. Printer’s device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work on Catholic missionaries in China between the 16th and 18th century. This study is profusely illustrated with a folding map, 2 color plates and numerous charts and b/w reproductions of documents. Covers and fore-edge slightly soiled. Text in French