Presents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations, it reveals that the sky as a mirror of human society was based on the philosophy and cosmology of Han times.
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Presents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations, it reveals that the sky as a mirror of human society was based on the philosophy and cosmology of Han times.
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Add this copy of The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and to cart. $124.74, very good condition, Sold by Richard J. Park, Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Leawood, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Brill Academic Pub.
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Used: Very Good in Used-Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; 1st printing from 1997. A VERY GOOD Hardcover with a VERY GOOD Dustjacket. Just some light shelf wear to the book and dj. A clean and solid copy. 240 pages followed by fold-out star maps.
Add this copy of The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and to cart. $180.00, very good condition, Sold by Atlanta Vintage Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Brill Academic Pub.
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Very Good. Ex-Library. Security sticker on first free end paper. Inside text holds some writing at copyright page. Pages are clean otherwise. Binding is square and tight. Textblock is stamped on all edges by previous owner. Red orange cloth boards are clean with minimal surface wear. Gilt titles on cover and spine are intact. Corners are bumped. No DJ. Pictures provided upon request.
Add this copy of The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and to cart. $274.95, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Brill Publishing.
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** Orginal Hardcover Printing with Dust Jacket **; Very Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is shelfworn and edgeworn, but is present and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; Fold-out maps at end of the book are present and intact; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); Tan and black dust jacket with title in white lettering; 1997, Brill Publishing; 272 pages; "The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society (Sinica Leidensia), " by Xiaochun Sun & Jacob Kistemaker.
