In 1712 , many of the elaborate Chinese porcelain manufacturing secrets were revealed throughout Europe by the French Jesuit father Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles and soon published in the `` Lettres édifiantes et curieuses de Chine par des missionnaires jésuites '' .
In 1712 , many of the Chinese porcelain secrets were revealed in Europe by the French Jesuit father Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles , and published in `` Lettres édifiantes et curieuses de Chine par des missionnaires jésuites '' .