Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis, qua sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata auspiciis Leopoldi primi, Roman. Imper. semper Augusti, munificentissimi mecaenatis.
First Meursius edition (a counterfeit of the Jannson-Weysberg edition of the same year). Complete with the engraved title page, a full-paged portrait of Kircher, 2 large folding engraved maps of China, 59 text engravings, and 23 full-paged engravings (one of which is a large folding reproduction of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Latin Multiple languages |
| Language Notes: | Latin text with a variety of other languages; Ancient Greek, Arabic, Chaldean, Hebrew, Syriac, etc. |
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Amstelodami :
Apud Jacobum à Meurs,
Anno MD. C. LXVII. [1667]
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| Summary: | First Meursius edition (a counterfeit of the Jannson-Weysberg edition of the same year). Complete with the engraved title page, a full-paged portrait of Kircher, 2 large folding engraved maps of China, 59 text engravings, and 23 full-paged engravings (one of which is a large folding reproduction of the "Nestorian Stele"), including some executed by the artist Willem van der Laegh. Gathering his materials from the works of other members of the Society, Kircher wrote one of the century’s most influential treatises on China. His primary purpose was to establish the authenticity of the Nestorian monument discovered in Sian, and to that end he produced in print the original Chinese and Syriac inscriptions on the monument, the Chinese text in Romanization, and finally a Latin translation and his explication of the Chinese and Syriac texts. In addition, Kircher included a sizeable description of China and other places in Asia."--From vendor's description. |
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| Item Description: | Added engraved title page bears title: Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesv China illvst[rata]. Added engraved title page has imprint: "Amstelodami, Apud Iacobem à Meurs, in fossa vulgò de Keysersgracht, Anno MD. C. LXVII." Signatures: *⁴ **⁴ A-2H⁴. Errors in pagination: pages 151, 171 and 217 printed as 205, 271, 371 respectively. Main body of text printed in double columns. Title page vignette shows two cherubs holding the seal of the Jesuit order. Initials, tail-pieces, marginal notes. Colophon reads: "Juxta exemplar Romae, typis Varesii." Includes indexes ( "Index rerum & locorum memorabilium"). Final leaf bears bibliographic listing of Kircher's works: "Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero ..." |
| Physical Description: | 1 6unnumbered pages , 237 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates (4 folded) : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 32 cm |
| Place of Publication: | Netherlands -- Amsterdam. |