De Planetis

Title: De Planetis; (EN) Book of the Conjunctions of the Moon, Planets, and Fixed Stars Throughout the Year of Christ 1674, During the Reign of Emperor Kangxi.; (Latin) De Planetis; (Chinese translitteration) Kangxi shi san nian sui ci jia yin yue wu xing ling fan shi xian li; (CN) 康熙十三年歲次甲寅月五星淩犯時憲曆
Creator: Michael Gen Chinensis
Subject: Astronomy
Abstract: Book of the Conjunctions of the Moon with the Planets and of the Planets with Each Other, as well as the Conjunctions of the Moon and Planets with Fixed Stars Throughout the Year of Christ 1674, During the Reign of Emperor Kangxi.
Date: 1684-1686
Type: Manuscript
Format: Manuscript text, 63 pages
Identifier: RARI.I.VII.21
Source: Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova
Language: Chinese
Rights: Public Domain
Provenance: Stamp of the Royal University of Genoa (size: 4 cm x h. 1.5 cm). Handwritten note reading: "De Planetis scribebat Michael Gen Chinensis anno 1684 1686." The paper on which the Chinese text is written is of Western manufacture and features a watermark composed of three circles with initials.
Description: The book underwent rebinding in the 1970s, carried out by the Legatoria Artistica con laboratorio di restauro, founded in 1902 by Gozzi Cav. Uff. Rolando in Modena. The work exhibits incorrect pagination; the index begins midway through the book and then resumes near the end of the text.