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KIRCHER Athanasius

Item #M0072

Rare group of leaves from works by Athanasius Kircher. The two title pages present read as follows: "Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua primo priscorum... by Athanasius Kircher Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, confusio linguarum" (Amstelodami, Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergianna, 1679). "Romani Collegii Societatus! Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum : Cujus magnum Antiquariae rei, statuarum, imaginum, picturarumque partem Ex Legato Alphonsi Donini, S.P.Q.R.A Secretis, munifica Liberalitate relictum. P. Athanasius Kircherus Soc. Jesu, novis & raris inventis locupletatum, compluriumque Principum curiosis donariis magno rerum apparatu instruxit ; Innumeris insuper rebus ditatum, ad plurimorum, maxime exterorum ... novis compluribusque machinis, tum peregrinis ex Indiis allatis rebus publicae luci votisque exponit Georgius de Sepibus Valesius, Authoris in Machinis concinnandis Executor. Amstelodami, Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergianna, 1678). In addition to the title page the first of these has four leaves (one paginated 39/40) and each of these has an engraved plate, with one depicting a "magic lantern" ("lucerna magica"). The second has a title page with an annotation in ink at the top margin. Each of the remaining two leaves also has a full-page engraved illustration (one leaf is numbered 157/158). Each of the title pages has a woodcut vignette. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists, Levant, Rome.

Language: English.

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