In-8°, xxxv, 637 pp, seconde édition, illustrations dans le texte (dont un portrait de l'auteur et deux pavillons en couleurs), un tableau dépliant hors texte. Avec un envoi autographe signé de Dom Pierre Célestin Lou Tseng-Tsiang OSB à Mr. Paul Struye, daté le 14 janvier 1932 à Lophem, abbaye de St. André lez Bruges. Avec son cachet rouge. On y joint aussi l'invitation bilingue à sa profession solennelle le 15 janvier 1932. Rel. en 3/4 chagrin, tête dorée
The Three Principles of the People is a political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen. The three principles are often translated into and summarized as nationalism, democracy, and the livelihood of the people (or welfarism). Pasquale d'Elia was a Jesuit missionary in China. Provenance: Lu Zhengxiang was twice Premier of the Republic of China, later he became a diplomat and a catholic priest. In 1927 became a postulant, under the name Dom Pierre-Célestin, in the Benedictine monastery of Sint-Andries in Bruges, Belgium. He died in Bruges on 15 January 1949. Paul Struye was a Belgian senator and minister
