Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. Jesuit missionary, scientist, engineer and diplomat 1623-1688

by John W. Witek

$150 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 1994. 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 that European astronomy was more accurate than Chinese astronomy. He then corrected the Chinese calendar and was later

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