| Author | Schall von Bell, Johann Adam 湯若望, 1592-1666 |
| Place | --- |
| Publisher | --- |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | Chinese 中文 |
| Type | Digital Book, Manuscript (stitch-bound 線裝本) |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Digital Archives, Rare Book Cabinet |
| Call Number | QB17.S26 |
| Description | 43 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Note | Yuanjing shuo 遠鏡說 / [Tang Ruowang zhu 湯如望著]. Undated manuscript copy of 1626 Chinese edition made in Japan during the period of prohibition of Jesuit/Christian works. Includes Japanese reading marks and similar (but not identical) illustrations from the original text. “....Yuanjing shuo 遠鏡說 (Explanation of the Telescope, 1626), by Schall, which contained the first account of the Tychonic world system in Chinese.” Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v.1, p. 714.
See Fr. A. Chan S.J. bibliographic entry for Japonica-Sinica II, 39.2 edition. Local access dig.pdf. [Schall-Yuanjingshuo mss.pdf] & folder with master (.tif) images. |
