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Language: English
Published by Instituto Cultural de Macau / Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural Histo 1999
- Softcover
Seller: Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United KingdomPhatpocket Limited
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 123.23
US$ 14.31 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
Language: English
Published by Instituto Cultural de Macau / Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural Histo 1999
- Softcover
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United KingdomMispah books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 350.49
US$ 33.62 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
More imagesPublished by Steyler Verlag, Nettetal 1994
- First Edition
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 602, [26] ads; frontispiece, 4 tables and 69 illustrations; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. "He was an accomplished mathematician and astronomer and proved to the court of the Kangxi Emperor th…at European astronomy was more accurate than Chinese astronomy. He then corrected the Chinese calendar and was later asked to rebuild and re-equip the Beijing Ancient Observatory, being given the role of Head of the Mathematical Board and Director of the Observatory" (Wikipedia).
