Item #1849 HSÜ KUANG-CH'I AND ASTRONOMICAL REFORM - The Process of the Chinese Acceptance of Western Astronomy 1629-1635-. Keizo HASHIMOTO.

HSÜ KUANG-CH'I AND ASTRONOMICAL REFORM - The Process of the Chinese Acceptance of Western Astronomy 1629-1635-

Tokyo: Kansai University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [2 unpaig], i-iii, [iv], 1-240 : Illustrated figures with-in text : Fold out illustration, 'The screen of Fixed Stars' : Red coth covered boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Light grey dust jacket with black and white lettering and illustration.

Tiny mark to fore-edge : Very small dent to fore-edge of lower board : General edge wear to wrapper. As new. Item #1849

Hsü Kuang-Ch'i (1562-1633) was an agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician and writer during the Ming dynasty. He was also a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricco and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chinese. (wikipedia).

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