{"product_id":"the-wise-man-from-the-west-first-edition-by-vincent-cronin","title":"The Wise Man from the West. First edition. By Vincent Cronin.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wise Man from the West By Vincent Cronin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1955. First edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket. Original maroon cloth boards show light bumping, minor surface marks, and a small dent to the rear board. Binding remains firm and secure. No internal owner inscriptions or names. Pages show light, occasional foxing, which is mainly confined to the page edges. The top edge of the text block is stained maroon to match the cover cloth, showing a little colour bleeding into the top margins of a couple of pages. The dust jacket is price-clipped, exhibiting rubbing, chipping, creasing, surface marks, and small tears along the edges alongside foxing to the spine area. \u003cbr\u003e300 pages, illustrated with maps and plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn elegantly written and deeply researched historical biography of Matteo Ricci, the brilliant 16th-century Italian Jesuit priest who became the first Westerner to fully immerse himself in the culture, language, and court of Imperial China. Cronin masterfully tracks Ricci’s hazardous journey as he adapts to Confucian scholar life, introducing European astronomy and geometry to the East while seeking a bridge between Christianity and ancient Chinese tradition. A classic, highly readable account of the first fully documented intellectual contact between East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52115287703799,"sku":null,"price":192.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_6402_05ac366b-582f-463e-9752-52b02c9aac94.jpg?v=1794182908","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-cn\/products\/the-wise-man-from-the-west-first-edition-by-vincent-cronin","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}