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JapSin II, 38.2
Hengxing chumo biao 恆星出沒表.
By Tang Ruowang 湯若望 (Johann Adam Schall von Bell).
Two juan. Bamboo paper, one ce. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title 恆星出沒〔表〕 and a Latin inscription: “De ortu et occasu | stellarum fixarum | a p. Adamo Schall | S.J. | 2 tomi.”

Folio 1r of juan A mentions the title 恆星出沒表上卷, the chief compiler of the Chongzhen lishu 崇禎曆書 Li Tianjing 明山東布政使司右參政李天經督修, the author, Schall 修政曆法極西耶穌會士湯若望撰, and the reviser, Giacomo Rho 羅雅谷訂. The proofreaders 受法 of juan A are: Yang Zhihua 楊之華, Bao Yingqi 鮑英齊, Zhu Tingshu 朱廷樞, Yin Kai 殷鎧, Chen Shilan 陳士蘭, and Sun Youben 孫有本, and of juan B: Wu Mingzhu 鄔明著, Wu Zhiyan 武之彥, Zhu Tingshu, Zhang Youzhuan 掌有篆, Li Cibin 李次 [bin={U+224B9} similar to 虨], and Li Hua 李華.
There are nine columns in each half folio with twenty-two characters in the first column of each paragraph and twenty-one in the rest of the paragraph. Annotations are given in smaller type and in double lines. The title of the book and the number of the juan and of the folio are given in the middle of each folio.
This book gives tables for the rise and setting of the fixed stars. Pfister calls it: “Lever et coucher des étoiles fixes” (p. 180, n. 15, without the character biao 表).

Cf. Väth, p. 369, no. 31; Courant 4973.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 323.

JapSin II, 38.4
Hengxing jingwei biao 恆星經緯表.
By Tang Ruowang 湯若望 (Johann Adam Schall von Bell).
Two juan (juan 5–6), in two ce. Bamboo paper. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title Hengxing biao 恆星表and a Latin inscription: “De motu stellarum fixarum cum suis tabulis.”

Cf. Courant 4966–II, 4967, 4970; Väth, p. 365, no. 13.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 324-325.

Hengxing li 恆星曆 / Tang Ruowang zhuan 湯若望譔.
Manuscript copy of Schall's Hengxing lizhi 恆星曆指 made in Japan. Undated, but probably late 18th-early 19th century.
The errors in binding match the edition held in Rome. See Jap-Sin II, 38.3 for bibliographic details.

One of a number of books written in Chinese by Jesuits that were copied in Japan after the prohibition of these works. Schall's original work was published in 1631 but not widely distributed. It was not on the early Japanese lists of prohibited books.
Vermillion seal imprint: 明德館圖書庫.

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JapSin II, 38.3
Hengxing lizhi 恆星曆指.
By Tang Ruowang 湯若望 (Johann Adam Schall von Bell).
Three juan. Bamboo paper. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title Hengxingli 恆星曆 and a Latin inscription: “De motu stellarum fixarum cum suis tabulis.”

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Note: The following description refers to the solitary example with Latin transcriptions by Fr. Gaubil, not the BSB version. The notes below are for informational purposes only.

KOGLER, Ignatius 戴進賢 and MOGGI, Ferdinando Bonaventuri. 利白明
Chinese Star Map: 黃道總星圖 Huangdao zongxing tu. [Tabula stellarum universalis eclipticae] (北京 Peking, 内府1723).
圖下鐫 “大清雍正元年歲次癸卯 - 極西戴進賢立法利白明鐫”

Background: Maggs Bros. catalogue 1480, Sino-European Imprints of the 17th and 18th century
Twin-hemispherical stellar map by Ignatius (Ignz) Kögler (1680-1746) arrived in China 1716, reached Beijing 1717, assumed position in Imperial Observatory. 18th century Jesuits at the Observatory kept informed of scientific developments in Europe. … aware of the findings of Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598-1671, Bologna) on lunar features as well as his arguments concerning the motion of the earth. Isaac Newton (1642-1726) first calculated perturbing effect of the sun on relative motion of earth and moon and Kögler quickly updated the lunisolar tables in China. 1742 he published his findings in the compilation Lixiang kaocheng houbian 御製曆象考成後編 (Second part of the thorough Investigation of Calendrical Astronomy composed for the Emperor)……combined elements of Kepler and Newton to form new mathematical principles underlying the motions of the sun and moon. In the lower center is an image of the moon clearly based on the findings of Riccioli. Ferdinando Bonaventuri Moggi (1694-1761) was a Florentine who studied art and architecture and it is likely that he is the engraver of the plate which - although written in Chinese – bears all the hall-marks of European map design of the late 17th century. Moggi built several churches in China, but none have survived. This map is undoubtedly a nei-fu 内府 palace production.
Needham states in Hall of Heavenly Records (1986) that he saw the present map with Mr. Philipp Robinson in 1953 and goes on to say: “Mr Robinson informed us that the engraving… appeared among a number of original documents and holograph letters of Antoine Gaubil S.J. (1689-1759) [...] One of Gaubil’s letters encloses a letter, written in Latin by Kögler on 13 March 1726, which refers to this very star-map.” It is likely that the annotations on this map are by Gaubil himself, giving transcriptions of the names of the planets. The map incorporates lunar surface phenomena from Galileo, Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) and Christaan Huygens (1629-1695)....
Provenance: The Clermont – Meerman – Sir Thomas Phillipps – Robinson copy.

Background: Sotheby’s, The Library of Philip Robinson, Part II, The China Collection (catalogue, 1988, Lot 92, p.87)
This chart is the original from which a large Korean astronomical screen was made in the Yi dynasty of the Chosŏn Kingdom of Seoul. It was among the papers of Fr. Antoine Gaubil, gving transcriptions of the names of the planets.
Several lots from this auction are held at the Ricci Institute.