Science and Civilization in China. Volume 3 [only, but complete in itself] Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Large, thick 8vo. xlviii,877,(1)pp. Index. Dust jacket (spine lightly toned & price clipped). Black cloth, gilt, over pictorial cloth printed in shades of gray. Facing title pages in Chinese and English printed in red & black. Illustrated with numerous tables and plates for a total of 226 text figures, including a large folding chart of the "twenty-eight lunar mansions."
This is Volume 3 only, but each volume is complete in itself. In addition to mathematics, it encompasses astronomy, seismology, geology, mineralogy, geography and cartography. Very good +. Item #49873
Price: $95.00
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