Observations mathématiques, astronomiques, geógraphiques, chronologiques et physiques : tirées des anciens livres chinois, ou faites nouvellement aux Indes et a la Chine, par les pères de la Compagnie de Jésus /
"An important collection of Astronomical writings, mostly by Gaubil. Antoine Gaubil (1689-1759) entered the Society of Jesus in 1704, and went to China in 1722. He is regarded as one of the chief astronomers and Sinologists in China in the 18th century. He was closely involved in early Sino-Rus...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
| Published: |
A Paris :
Chez Rollin libraire, au Lion d'or, sur le Quai des Augustins, proche du Pont Saint Michel,
MDCCXXIX-MDCCXXXII [1729-1732]
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | "An important collection of Astronomical writings, mostly by Gaubil. Antoine Gaubil (1689-1759) entered the Society of Jesus in 1704, and went to China in 1722. He is regarded as one of the chief astronomers and Sinologists in China in the 18th century. He was closely involved in early Sino-Russian affairs and lived in Beijing for the rest of his life. Volume one includes the first translation of Tulisen's embassy to the lower Volga river entitled 'Relation chinoise contenant un itinéraire de Péking à Tobol, & de Tobol au Pays des Tourgouts' edited with notes by Gaubil. This extraordinary account had originally published in Chinese and Manchu in Peking in 1723. Tulisen was a member of a group of six chief emissaries sent by the Kangxi emperor to the Torgut Mongols. The first English version by Sir George Thomas Staunton, was published in 1821. The second volume (1732) contains a history of Chinese astronomy based on ancient Chinese texts, and the third a treatise focussing on Chinese methods of recording solar eclipses. Both parts have ms. notes by the Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey (1787-1871) in the margins. Paravey was a Sinologist, astronomer, and a founding member of the Société Asiatique. Cordier, BS, 1, col. 211 & China illustrata nova, 364, BS, 2, col. 1455. De Backer & Sommervogel, 7, col. 1401. Lust 1159."--Bookseller's description. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Sub-title varies slightly in volumes 2-3: ... tirées des anciens livres chinois, ou faites nouvellement aux Indes, à la Chine & ailleurs, par les pères de la Compagnie de Jésus. Colophon of volume 1: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, imprimeur du Roy, ruë Saint Jacques, au Livre d'or; colophon of volume 3: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, imprimeur du Roi. Detailed physical description: volume 1: [8], xxv, [7], 294, [2] pages, 8 leaves of plates (6 folded); volume 2: [2], xxix, [1], 178 [i.e. 188] pages; volume 3: [2], 373, [1] pages, 3 leaves of folded plates. Errors in pagination in each volume. Headpieces; initials. Errata at end of each volume. "Tables des longitudes et des latitudes de tous les lieux du monde:" volume 1, pages [249]-294. |
| Physical Description: | 3 volumes in 2 : illustrations, maps, plan ; 26 cm (4to) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place of Publication: | France -- Paris. |