KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680). Magnes sive de arte magnetica, Cologne: Iodocus Kalcoven, 1643, 4° (199 x 155mm.), second edition, 28 engraved plates, one folding (browned throughout, occasional dampstaining, partly affecting text, lower blank margin of 2 plates torn away, lacking front free endpaper), contemporary vellum (slight damage to front cover and spine). [Waller 11386].

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KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680). Magnes sive de arte magnetica, Cologne: Iodocus Kalcoven, 1643, 4° (199 x 155mm.), second edition, 28 engraved plates, one folding (browned throughout, occasional dampstaining, partly affecting text, lower blank margin of 2 plates torn away, lacking front free endpaper), contemporary vellum (slight damage to front cover and spine). [Waller 11386].

Provenance

SS Stephani, ownership inscription to title; Christian Paulinus, 3-line inscription in Latin to lower part of title, dated 1679.

Lot Essay

Second edition of Kircher's second work on the magnet. According to Norman 1215, the second edition had a great influence on the attempts of Otto von Guericke (1602-1686) to prove the magnetism of the earth and other celestial bodies.

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