Description

Hun gai tong xian tu shuo (Illustrated explanation of the sphere and the astrolabe) is a translation of selections from Xing pan (Astrolabium), a work written by Christoph Clavius (1538−1612), a German Jesuit and teacher of Jesuit missionary to China Li Madou (Matteo Ricci, 1552−1610). It has two juan and an introductory juan containing a description of the celestial globe with illustrations. It was included in Si ku quan shu (Complete Library of the Four Treasuries). It opens with a preface by Li Zhizao (1565‒1630) written in ...