KIRCHER, Athanasius. Magnes sive de Arte Magnetica opus tripartitum ... editio tertia, Rome: sumptibus Blasii Deuersin, & Zanobii Masotti Bibliopolarum, typis Vitalis Mascardi, 1654, 2°, engraved frontispiece by F. Valentins (affected by small worm-hole and with slight red stain at inner margin which is repaired on verso), title in red and black with engraved vignette (perforation affecting 4 letters, severely-stained in two places and with two worm-holes in blank area, cancellation stamp on verso), full-page engraved heraldic eagle by Claudio Dagli, engraved and woodcut illustrations (some severe stains to first quire (+), accession stamp at foot of +3, +6 with repair to fore-edge, worm-hole at inner margin persisting up to quire 2C, a few quires browned, [?] lacking final leaf 3H6, probably blank), modern red half cloth over marbled boards. [Brunet III, 667] Provenance: Claude Liverney à Lyon (title inscription); Jesuit Library at Valence (stamp on title); JCL