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KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680) China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1667. 2° (380 x 245mm). Frontispiece, vignette on title, portrait, 2 folding maps, 8 tables, one folding, 15 plates, one folding, and 59 illustrations, all engraved. (Browning and spotting, small marginal repair to 2C3, last leaf detached.) Contemporary vellum backed in cloth (worn). Provenance: Ang. Leodis (ownership inscription).
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KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680) China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1667. 2° (380 x 245mm). Frontispiece, vignette on title, portrait, 2 folding maps, 8 tables, one folding, 15 plates, one folding, and 59 illustrations, all engraved. (Browning and spotting, small marginal repair to 2C3, last leaf detached.) Contemporary vellum backed in cloth (worn). Provenance: Ang. Leodis (ownership inscription).
FIRST EDITION of a richly illustrated account on China published in Latin in 1667, in German in 1668, and in French two years later. The text is based on descriptions by European explorers, many of them Jesuits as Kircher himself, in China, India, and other Asian countries. The engravings were based on explorers' sketches and original images imported from Asia. Honeyman V, 1824; Caillet 5773; Brunet III, 666.
FIRST EDITION of a richly illustrated account on China published in Latin in 1667, in German in 1668, and in French two years later. The text is based on descriptions by European explorers, many of them Jesuits as Kircher himself, in China, India, and other Asian countries. The engravings were based on explorers' sketches and original images imported from Asia. Honeyman V, 1824; Caillet 5773; Brunet III, 666.