Louis le Comte
Louis le Comte (1655–1728), also Louis-Daniel Lecomte, was a French Jesuit who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to China under Jean de Fontaney. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688.He returned to France in 1691 as Procurator of the Jesuits. His ''Nouveau mémoire sur l'état présent de la Chine'', which was published in Paris in 1696, caused great debate within the Chinese Rites Controversy.
By 1696, he had been appointed Mathematician to the King of France. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Le Comte, Louis
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed by John Hughs near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: for Olive Payne at Horace's-Head, in Round-Court in the Strand, opposite to York-Buildings
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by Le Comte, Louis
Published 1737
Published 1737
printed by J. Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. For Olive Payne, at Horace's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, opposite York Buildings; W. Shropshire, against the Duke of Grafton's, in Old Bond Street; E. Commins, under the Royal Exchange; and W. Smith, at Lord Chancellor Talbot's Head, against Serle's Coffee-House, Lincoln's-Inn