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Title
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Astronomia Europea sub Imperatore Tartaro Sinico Cam Ky. 1668. Fol. X.(7.)3.
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(EN) European astronomy called back into light from darkness under the Tartar Chinese emperor named Kangxi by the Reverend Father Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish-Belgian and Prefect of the Society of Jesus of the Royal Astronomical Academy in Beijing in the year 1668.
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(Latin) Astronomia Europaea svb imperatore Tartaro Sinico Cam Hy appellato, ex umbra in lucem revocata a R.P. Ferdinando Verbiest Flandro-Belga e Societate Jesu Academiae Astronomicae in Regia Pekinensi Praefecto anno M.DCLXVIII
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Creator
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Verbiest, Ferdinand (Pittem, Courtrai, 1623 - Peking 1688)
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Subject
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Astronomia instrument, European and Chinese scientific exchange, astronomical studies
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Abstract
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European Astronomy studies at the Chinese Imperial Court
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Date
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1668
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Format
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Printed text, 59 pages
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Identifier
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RARI..I.VII.1
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Source
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Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova, Genova, Italy
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Language
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Latin, Chinese
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Relation
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See Golvers , Noël , The Astronomia Europaea of Ferdinand Verbiest , S.J. ( Dillingen 1687 ) : Text , Translation , Notes and Commentaries . Monumenta Serica Monograph Series 28, 1993.
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Wellcome Collection
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Google Books
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Coverage
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XVII century, Beijing, imperial astronomy observatory
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Provenance
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Stamp of the Royal University of Genoa (large size, 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm); attached is a letter addressed to father Leonardo Lessio S.J. with signature of Francesco de Sales (1567-1622).
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Description
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(Physical Description) Red leather cover, decorated with gold floral designs on the spine and edge, marbled paper pastedown applied to the front and back boards, followed by marbled paper endpapers; 18th-century binding.
(Size) 36,5x22,5; 1,5 (cm, height x width, thickness)
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Has Version
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Rome, Biblioteca Angelica:
-F.ANT A.5 8/15 (edition Dilingae : typis & sumptibus, Joannis Caspari Bencard, bibliopolae academici, 1687)
Università degli Studi di Firenze:
-Museo Galileo Fondo antico MED 0550 (edition Dilingae : typis & sumptibus, Joannis Caspari Bencard, bibliopolae academici, 1687)
BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris):
-edition of 1687
Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova:
-RARI.I.VII.1
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana:
-Shelf Mark: Borg. cin. 397, Publication Date: ca. 1668-97
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Author of the Catalogation
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Arianna Magnani
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