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KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680) - Filippo BONANNI (1638-1725). Musaeum Kircherianum sive musaeum a P. Athanasio Kirchero in Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu. Rome: typis Georgii Plachi, 1709.
2° (367 x 237mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Prince Ruspoli, 171 (of 172) engraved plates only, 2 folding. (Lacking 1 plate from the 11th section 'Micrographiam Curiosam', occasional light soiling.) Contemporary calf, uniform with lots 67-71, 73 (neatly rebacked, original title label on spine).
FIRST EDITION of and important and detailed catalogue of Kircher's cabinet of curiosities. Nissen notes that the 11th section or class should include 28 plates -- the present copy includes only 27. Nissen ZBI 2198.
2° (367 x 237mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Prince Ruspoli, 171 (of 172) engraved plates only, 2 folding. (Lacking 1 plate from the 11th section 'Micrographiam Curiosam', occasional light soiling.) Contemporary calf, uniform with lots 67-71, 73 (neatly rebacked, original title label on spine).
FIRST EDITION of and important and detailed catalogue of Kircher's cabinet of curiosities. Nissen notes that the 11th section or class should include 28 plates -- the present copy includes only 27. Nissen ZBI 2198.
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