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KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680). China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata. Amsterdam: apud Jacobum à Meurs, 1667.
2° (314 x 200mm). Engraved additional title, title vignette, portrait of Kircher, 2 folding maps and 23 plates, 1 folding, over 50 engraved or woodcut illustrations (illustration on X1r pasted on). (Occasional browning, 150mm. tear to folding plate affecting engraved area.) 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt, uniform with lots 67, 69-73 (later red leather label at foot of spine, title lettering on spine rubbed, joints somewhat split). [?]Second pirated edition. Cordier Sinica I, 26; Merrill 20.
2° (314 x 200mm). Engraved additional title, title vignette, portrait of Kircher, 2 folding maps and 23 plates, 1 folding, over 50 engraved or woodcut illustrations (illustration on X1r pasted on). (Occasional browning, 150mm. tear to folding plate affecting engraved area.) 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt, uniform with lots 67, 69-73 (later red leather label at foot of spine, title lettering on spine rubbed, joints somewhat split). [?]Second pirated edition. Cordier Sinica I, 26; Merrill 20.
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