Athanasii Kircheri Fuldensis Buchonii et Soc. Jesu presbyteri ... Ars magna lucis et umbrae in decem libros digesta : quibus admirandae lucis et umbrae in mundo, atque adeò universa natura, vires effectusq[ue] uti nova, ita varia novorum reconditiorumq[ue] speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium usus, panduntur.

Accession number

PML 195374

Creator

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Published

Romae : Sumptibus Hermanni Scheus : Ex typographia Ludovici Grignani, 1646.

Credit line

Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. and on the L. Colgate Harper Fund, 2010.

Notes

Added engraved t.p.
Engravings by Petrus Miotte.
Includes index.
Signatures: [dagger]-5[dagger]⁴ A-6D⁴.

Description

[40], 568, 567-935, [15] p., [40] leaves of plates (8 folded) : ill. (woodcuts, engravings) ; 31 cm

Provenance

Bookstamp of Christopher St. J.H. Daniel; purchased from Roger Gaskell, Jan. 13, 2010.

Binding

Limp vellum.

Classification

Catalog link

Department

Search