KIRCHER, Athanasius. China Monumentis ... Naturae & Artis Spectaculis ... Illustrata, Amsterdam, apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667, 2°, engraved title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, 19 plates only (of 23), 2 folding maps, 59 illustrations, woodcut initials (4 plates and maps mounted on paper, some soiling and browning throughout), contemporary vellum (soiled, fore-edges frayed). [Caillet 5773; Cordier Bibliotheque Sinica p. 26]; sold not subject to return.

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KIRCHER, Athanasius. China Monumentis ... Naturae & Artis Spectaculis ... Illustrata, Amsterdam, apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667, 2°, engraved title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, 19 plates only (of 23), 2 folding maps, 59 illustrations, woodcut initials (4 plates and maps mounted on paper, some soiling and browning throughout), contemporary vellum (soiled, fore-edges frayed). [Caillet 5773; Cordier Bibliotheque Sinica p. 26]; sold not subject to return.

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