Hallerstein: Observationes astronomicae

[Augustin Hallerstein:] Observationes astronomicæ ab Anno 1717 ad Annum 1752 Pekini Sinarum factæ et ab Augustino Hallerstein, Pekini Sinarum Tribunalis Mathematici Præside et Mandarino collectæ atque operis editionem ad fidem autographi manuscripti curante Maximiliano Hell, Astronomo Cæsareo-regio Universitatis Vindobonensis (Vindobonæ: Typis Joannis Thomæ Nob. de Trattnern, Sac. Cæs. Aulæ Typogr. et Bibliop., 1768).

• Bibliographic reference: BS 1074 (refers to the manuscripts only)
• Digitized:
  > Google Books (provenance: New York Public Library, digitized: 22 June 2006)
  > Internet Archive (Book from the collections of New York Public Library, digitizing sponsor: Google)
  > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: pt. 1 and pt. 2 (title bound in two volumes)
• Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie

In 1746, Augustin Haller von Hallerstein SJ (1703-1774) succeeded Ignaz Kögler SJ (1680-1746) as head of the Directorate of Astronomy at the Imperial court at Beijing (Peking). The astronomical observations collected in this volume were edited by the Austrian Maximilian Hell SJ (1720-1792).