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Published by By Abraham van Waesberge, ROTTERDAM, 1669
Seller: Calligrammes Libreria Antiquaria, Roma, Italy
Book First Edition
Piena Pergamena. Condition: buone condizioni. prima edizione. ATHANASIUS KIRCHERUS Naturalijke en Geneeskon- stige navorsching der P E S T E, Waar in, . ZACHARIAS VANDE GRAAF, TOT ROTTERDAM By Abraham van Waesberge 1669 Rara Edizione originale seicentesca del trattato Kircheriano sul morbo della Peste, prima edizione Olandese appartenuta allo scienziato Van Der Hoeven. 1 Volume in-12°, 145x95 mm., legatura in piena pergamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso e piatti con unghie, bella antiporta allegorica con ritratto dell'autore incisa su rame, pp. [32]-302-[12](3). Bell'esemplare. 034E.
Published by Amsterdam, 1665
Seller: libreria antiquaria perini Sas di Perini, Verona, VR, Italy
Art / Print / Poster
Incisione in rame, mm 340x554. Tratta da ìMundus subterraneusî una fra le pi? note opere del grande gesuita, autore di moltissime opere, relative ad ogni campo dello scibile umano. In questa opera Kircher analizza la struttura interna della terra: egli considera che vi Ë un centro in continua evoluzione collegato alla crosta in numerosi punti; allíinterno della terra vi sono enormi riserve díacqua, che quando entra in contatto col fuoco scatena terremoti, uragani e distruzioni. Ottimo esemplare con traccia delle pieghe originali della tavola. Copper engraving, mm 340x554. From "Mundus Subterraneus" by Kircher. He was a celebrated Jesuit scholar and one of the first compilers of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the earth. As with most of his maps, this chart shows the ocean currents, chasms and volcanoes as then recorded. Kircher suggested the earth had a central connected to the crust at many points and also contained big reservoirs of water; when water and fire interacted, volcanoes, storms and earthquakes were the result. TOOLEY: Dictionary p.357A very good example with original binding folds, side margins somewhat short Nr.cat: Cod 0789.
Published by Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.]., 1665
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Art / Print / Poster
Original copper engraving. Plate Size: 40.2 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 37 cm x 39.1 cm. Original Map. Very good condition of an increasingly rare map. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins. [Burden 382, ill. pl. 382, p. 487]. A richly elaborate and highly imaginative map of the Americas - America Septen Trionalis in the north and the southern America Australis - extending from the California peninsula and Mexico all the way down to Terra del Fuego in the south. The western coast of the North American seems increasingly speculative towards the upper corner of the map, while the southern continent appears bulging and does not bear the more elongated form of later maps. The Caribbean islands are also shown with Cuba and Hispaniola labelled. While the map lacks political demarcations, Spanish dominance is nevertheless evident through the regional nomencalture: with Nova Grantia and Nova Spagna above and below the isthmus at Panama. Peru, 'Chilli', Paraquay and Brasilia are also shown on the map. Mexico city is the solitary settlement identified - here shown within the unnamed Lake Texcoco. River, lake, mountain and volcano features are engraved on the map. The Amazon and Plate rivers are also identified. The western tip of Africa can be seen at the map's margin. Three ships are depicted upon the high seas and the map is bisected with the Equator. What makes the map - from Kircher's 'Mundus Subterraneous', first issued in 1665 - all the more fascinating is that it was used to illustrate his unique hydro-geological theories about the world's ocean currents, tides, volcanic distribution, and core structure of the planet. Kircher hypothesized that tides and currents are caused by water moving to and from a massive subterranean ocean. Kircher further postulated that water entered and exited the subterranean ocean via a number of great abysses situated around the globe. In addition, he believed that massive underground lakes lay beneath most of the world's great mountain ranges - here shown as the massive crater lake in the Andes at the headwaters of the Amazon River. This map along with the others from Kircher's work, illustrates for the first time the world's ocean current. The map is remarkably accurate for the period, surpassing the work of Robert Dudley, who illustrated only the local currents in the regions covered. Athanasius Kircher, (1602 - 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jesuit Roger Boscovich and to Leonardo da Vinci for his enormous range of interests, and has been honoured with the title "Master of a Hundred Arts". A refugee from the war-torn German territories, he taught for more than forty years at the Roman College, where he set up a museum-type cabinet of curiosities or wunderkammer. A resurgence of interest in Kircher has occurred within the scholarly community in recent decades. A scientific star in his day, towards the end of his life he was eclipsed by the rationalism of René Descartes and others. In the late 20th century, however, the aesthetic qualities of his work again began to be appreciated. One modern scholar, Alan Cutler, described Kircher as "a giant among seventeenth-century scholars", and "one of the last thinkers who could rightfully claim all knowledge as his domain". Another scholar, Edward W. Schmidt, referred to Kircher as "the last Renaissance man". (Wikipedia).
Publication Date: 1665
Map
Amsterdam, c.1665. 345 x 410mm. An unusual map of south Asia from Arabia to Japan, designed to show the major rivers of the continent. Kircher posits two discredited theories: that the Indus and Ganges share a source as a large subterranean lake in the Himalayas, illustrated with a vignette; and 'Chiamai lac' (Chiang Mai in northern Thailand) as the source of the other great rivers, including the Mekong, Irrawaddy and Chao Phraya. Published in a Dutch-text edition of the 'Mundi Subterranei', first published 1665.
Publication Date: 1652
Seller: Quagga Books ABA ; ILAB, Cape Town, South Africa
Map First Edition
Condition: Very good. This three-map sheet first appeared in Oedipus Aegypitacus in Rome in 1652. The map at the top left represents the origin of the Nile as explored by Lopez and described by Pigafetta in his well-known map, which was drawn especially to depict this origin of the Nile from two lakes, one below the other, thus discarding the Ptolomaic concept of the two lakes side by side. The top right map represents the Montes Lunae origin of the Nile, north of Lake Zambia, while the wider map at the bottom shows an enlarged detail of the mountains and rivers as understood by the geographers of the period. All three maps are embellished in their interior by mountains, citadels, trees and unusual animals. An attempt is made to demarcate the various North African kingdoms. Kircher is reputed to be the first to have described the finding of the Nile as recorded by the Jesuit traveler Paez. An account appears in vol. 3 of Bruce's Travels to discover the source of the Nile in the years 1768 to 1773. Trimmed and flattened with a newer tissue lining. Condition very good Dimensions: 49.5 x 37cm.
Publication Date: 1654
Map
Rome: V. Mascardi, 1652-4. Two sheets conjoined, total 555 x 365mm. Binding folds flattened. Illustrations of the hieroglyphics on all four faces of the Obelisk of Theodosius, which has been taken from Karnak to Alexandria by Emperor Constantius II in 357AD and erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by Theodosius in 390. Obscured by the illustrations is a prospect of Constantinople with the obelisk and its pedestal. This plate was published in Kircher's 'Oedipus Aegyptiacus', a three-volume work on Egyptology, in which he falsely claimed to have deciphered hieroglyphics.
Published by Amsterdam, 1665
Map First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine map with both poles depicted. Not certain on Edition believe this to be 1st or 2nd Edition 170 Mundi Subterranei/ Poli Arctici Constitutio . at top of page with Mundi Subterranei horizontally bisected by line. No flaws Scarce Polar Map. Image size 7 9/16 by 12 7/8 plus borders.
Published by Amsterdam, 1665
Seller: libreria antiquaria perini Sas di Perini, Verona, VR, Italy
Art / Print / Poster
Incisione in rame, mm 346x415. Tratta da ìMundus subterraneusî una fra le pi? note opere del grande gesuita, autore di moltissime opere, relative ad ogni campo dello scibile umano. In questa opera Kircher analizza la struttura interna della terra: egli considera che vi Ë un centro in continua evoluzione collegato alla crosta in numerosi punti; allíinterno della terra vi sono enormi riserve díacqua, che quando entra in contatto col fuoco scatena terremoti, uragani e distruzioni. Ottimo esemplare con traccia delle pieghe originali della tavola. Nr.cat: Cod 3791.
Published by Amsterdam, 1665
Seller: libreria antiquaria perini Sas di Perini, Verona, VR, Italy
Art / Print / Poster
Incisione in rame, mm 370x420. Ottime condizioni, restauro marginale all'angolo inferiore sinistro. Tratta da "Mundus subterraneus" una fra le pi? note opere del grande gesuita, autore di moltissime opere, relative ad ogni campo dello scibile umano. In questa opera Kircher analizza la struttura interna della terra: egli considera che vi Ë un centro in continua evoluzione collegato alla crosta in numerosi punti; all'interno della terra vi sono enormi riserve d'acqua, che quando entra in contatto col fuoco scatena terremoti, uragani e distruzioni. Ottimo esemplare con traccia delle pieghe originali della tavola. Copper engraving, mm 370x420. From "Mundus Subterraneus" by Kircher. He was a celebrated Jesuit scholar and one of the first compilers of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the earth. As with most of his maps, this chart shows the ocean currents, chasms and volcanoes as then recorded. Kircher suggested the earth had a central connected to the crust at many points and also contained big reservoirs of water; when water and fire interacted, volcanoes, storms and earthquakes were the result. Very good condition. Traces of original folds. Bottom left corner with marginal restoration. Nr.cat: Cod 1783.
Published by Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.]., 1665
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Art / Print / Poster
Original Engraving. Plate Size: 20.1 cm x 33.9 cm. Sheet Size: 24.7 cm x 39 cm. Original Map. Very good condition. Very minor instance of foxing to cartouche. Map is orientated to the North. Dutch text on reverse. A richly elaborate and highly imaginative map of South America ('America Inferior') from the Panama Isthmus in the north to Terra del Fuego in the south. The south part of Jamaica and Barbados are shown near the top of the map. Ascension Island is also shown off the coast. The continent appears bulging and does not bear the more elongated form of later maps. River, lake, forest, mountain and volcano features are engraved on the map: the Amazon river, Andes mountains and Lake Titicacca ('Parime lacus, alias Titicacca') are all shown. The settlements of Darien, Carragocaro, and 'Buenos ayros' are identified. 'Peru', 'Chile' and 'Paraquay' all appear on the map, but political details - such as borders - are absent. An unknown and imagined 'Terra Austrasis Incognita' lies at the bottom of the map. Decorative title cartouche at the lower section of the map. However, the map stands out for the craterous lake depicted at the centre of the map, between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is captioned as 'Sub Andibus Hydrophylacium America precipuum'. This is one of several maps prepared by Kircher to illustrate his unique hydro-geographic theory. Kircher hypothesized that tides and currents are caused by water moving to and from a massive subterranean ocean. Kircher further postulated that water entered and exited the subterranean ocean via a number of great abysses situated around the globe. In addition, he believed that massive underground lakes lay beneath most of the world's great mountain ranges. The map appeared in Kircher's book, Mundus Subterraneus (The Subterranean World) that was first published in 1665 laying out his (pseudo-) scientific theories on hydro-geology. Athanasius Kircher, (1602 - 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jesuit Roger Boscovich and to Leonardo da Vinci for his enormous range of interests, and has been honoured with the title "Master of a Hundred Arts". A refugee from the war-torn German territories, he taught for more than forty years at the Roman College, where he set up a museum-type cabinet of curiosities or wunderkammer. A resurgence of interest in Kircher has occurred within the scholarly community in recent decades. A scientific star in his day, towards the end of his life he was eclipsed by the rationalism of René Descartes and others. In the late 20th century, however, the aesthetic qualities of his work again began to be appreciated. One modern scholar, Alan Cutler, described Kircher as "a giant among seventeenth-century scholars", and "one of the last thinkers who could rightfully claim all knowledge as his domain". Another scholar, Edward W. Schmidt, referred to Kircher as "the last Renaissance man". (Wikipedia).
Published by ex typ. Varesij,, Romae,, 1665
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Benacense, Riva del garda, Italy
Cm. 24, pp. (10) 184 (12). Antiporta figurata, frontespizio con vignetta xilografica, 6 tavole f.t. (di cui 5 ripiegate) e 5 incisioni nel testo (di cui una a piena pagina). Sermplice legatura in carta marmorizzata posteriore. Esemplare modesto, slegato, con tracce d'uso ed una macchia al margine alto delle carte che interessa quasi l'intero volume. Mancano inoltre le due tabelle genealogiche rip. f.t.
Publication Date: 1680
Seller: Hornseys, Ripon, United Kingdom
Book
No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Original copper engraving. Date: c.1680. Size: 56cm x 34.5cm. An unusual map from Kircher`s ?Mundus Subterraneus?, the first serious effort to describe the physical make up of the earth, proposing theories (sometimes fantastical) in the areas of physics, geography, geology, and chemistry. The map is devoid of political and most geographical information and instead focuses entirely on ocean currents in the Mediterranean Sea and is the first map to do so. The map extends to the Black Sea and parts of the Caspian and Red Sea. Kircher`s theories included the notion that the world?s oceans were all interconnected and thus this map depicts subterranean tunnels connecting the oceans and seas. Old fold lines and very minor age spots else a very near fine, clean copy. Scarce.
Published by Breogan
ISBN 10: 8485208331ISBN 13: 9788485208333
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
Book
Paperback. Condition: Used - Good.
Published by Ediciones Siruela, 1986
ISBN 10: 8485876423ISBN 13: 9788485876426
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
Book
Paperback. Condition: Used - Good.
Published by Kathmandu ; Ratna Pustak Bhanda, 1979
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Reprint of the first edition Amsterdam, 1667 Lg4to blue cloth gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, VG/slt chipped dj ow vg:XXXIX, 237pp. 33x25cm. Bibliotheca Himalayica, Series I, volume 24. Full cloth. Edited by H. K. Kulöy. with an introduction and translations (into english).
Published by Editorial Siruela, 2001
Seller: Llibres de Companyia, BARCELONA, Spain
Condition: Bien. Español, Castellano . abundantes graficos en blanco y negro abundantes graficos en blanco y negro Enc. editorial con sobrecubierta (tapa dura).
Published by Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergianna, Amsterdam, 2022
Seller: Antiquariat Fines Mundi, Saarbruecken, Germany
-XVIII, 219 Seiten, XIII Index-Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen-9 doppelseitige Kupferstiche, teilweise verkleinert --- Athanasius Kircher:Turris Babel sive archontologiaAthanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Turris BabelSive Archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, confusio linguarum, & inde gentium transmigrationis, cum principalium inde enatorum idiomatum historia, multiplici eruditione describunter & explicanturDieses Werk zählt zu den letzten Publikationen, die zu Kirchers Lebzeiten veröffentlicht wurden.Er behandelt darin die Themen Religion, Sprachliche Evolution und Architektur, mit dem Bestreben die biblische Erzählung im Buch Genesis über Noah und seine Nachkommen mit der Wissenschaft zu vereinen. Verlagsfrischer, bibliophil ausgestatteter Faksimile-Reprint:Gedruckt auf einem schönen alterungsbeständigen und säurefreien Werkdruckpapier, das den Originaleindruck am besten wiedergibt.Hier vorliegend die auf 300 Exemplare limitierte Luxusedition in Halbleder mit unechten Bünden.Der Überzug wurde aus einem historischen Kleisterpapier hergestellt.Auf dem vorderen Umschlag ist eine dekorative Vignette aufgebracht.Diese Ausgabe wird nur auf Bestellung hergestellt, die Lieferzeit beträgt etwa 3 Wochen. --- 36,4 x 25,7 cm.
Published by Edition ?libri rari? Th. Schäfer, Hannover, 1983
Seller: Musikantiquariat Dr. Bernhard A. Kohl GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Association Member: BOEV
4° (33 x 20 x 2 cm). 3 Bll., 162 Seiten, Register: 8 n.n. Bll., Einführung: 2 n.n. Seiten, , 1983, Brauner Goldgeprägter OPb. im Stil des Erstdrucks. , mit zahlr. Graphiken, Notenbeispielen und Abb.(Nachdruck der Ausgabe: Nördlingen 1684)., 900 Gramm. - Sehr selten. - Eines der beiden Hauptwerke Kirchers zur Musiktheorie und Musikgeschichte; Einführung von Ulf Scharlau. - Neuwertig.
Published by Olms-Wiedmann, 2019
ISBN 10: 348714655XISBN 13: 9783487146553
Seller: Michener & Rutledge Booksellers, Inc., Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Crimped corners, otherwise text clean and solid; no dust jacket; in German; title: Hauptwerke, Band 11: Musaeum Celeberrimum (1678) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages.
Published by Leipzig, Zentralantiquariat der DDR., 1988
Seller: Musikantiquariat Bernd Katzbichler, Unterwössen, D, Germany
XV, 375, 25 S. und 11 S. Nachwort. Beilage: 1 Fatlttaf. OPp. Mit Eintragungen in Blei, sonst gutes Ex. Bibliotheca musica-therapeutica, Bd. I.
Published by Kathmandu ; Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1979
Seller: Antiquariat REDIVIVUS, Regensburg, Germany
Book
Condition: Gut. XXXIX, 246 S. Athanasius Kircher SJ (auch: Athanasius Kircherus Fuldensis; * 2. Mai 1602 in Geisa (Rhön); 27. November 1680 in Rom) war ein deutscher Jesuit und Universalgelehrter des 17. Jahrhunderts, der die meiste Zeit seines Lebens am Collegium Romanum in Rom lehrte und forschte. Mit Sonderaufträgen des Papstes und Sondervollmachten war er immer zur Stelle, wenn wissenschaftliches Neuland zu betreten, aber auch im Namen der Kirche zu verteidigen war. Kircher entwickelte ein frühes Interesse an der chinesischen Kultur, schon 1629 übermittelte er seinem geistlichen Mentor, dass er Missionar in diesem Land werden wolle. Sein Werk China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis (.) illustrata ( China, illustriert anhand seiner heiligen und weltlichen Denkmäler.") war eine Enzyklopädie über das Kaiserreich China, welche akkurate Kartografie mit mystischen Elementen wie Drachen verband. siehe auch: ADB Band 16, S. 1 4. 3230 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1935 34 cm, Original-Leinen mit Rückenvergoldung, Kanten bestoßen, innen frisch. gutes Exemplar. Repr. [d. Ausg.] 1667 ; Ill. ; Bibliotheca Himalayica / 1 ; 24.
Published by Georg Olms, Hildesheim, Zürich, New York, 2020
Folio. Mit zahlr. Abb. 493 S. Rote OLwd. m. mont. Deckelbild u. goldgeprägt. Deckel- u. Rückentitel. Hauptwerke. Wissenschaftlich eingeleitete Reprint-Edition mit Register. Hrsg. v. Anne Eusterschulte, Olaf Breidbach u. Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann. Band 9.1. - Neuwertiges Ex. (Neupreis EUR 188,-). 1500 gr.
Published by Bärenreiter
ISBN 10: 3761818696ISBN 13: 9783761818695
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition.
Published by Franco Maria Ricci, Roma, 1992
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Giulio Cesare di Daniele Corradi, Roma, ROMA, Italy
Ex libris al piatto interno della copertina Questo volume e stato impresso a Milano nel mese di settembre 1992 presso la stamperia del signor Giampaolo Steffenini sotto la direzione di Franco Maria Ricci. Le fotolito sono dovute a Bassoli Prestampa Milano. I caratteri usati sono i bodoniani. La carta a mano vergata e stata fabbricata alla forma tonda nelle Cartiere Miliani di Fabriano. Quest'esemplare appartiene alla prima tiratura limitata a 5000 copie numerate. La copia e la numero 1861. 203 + (4) con 20 tav. f.t. p. 276x187 mm Seta nera orientale con plancetta a colori, impressioni in oro e cofanetto.
Published by Ratna Pustak Bhanda Kathmandu, 1979
Seller: Moksha Antiquariat, Konstanz, Germany
XXXIX, 246 S. Hardcover Leinen 25,00 x 34,00 cm, goldgeprägter Rückentitel, Vorsätze als Landkarten, zahlr. Illustrationen, Ecken leicht bestossen, Kanten leicht berieben, Einband gering gebrauchsspurig, innen guter sauber Zustand XXXIX S Einführung in Englisch, der eigentliche Text in Latein. Anmerkung vom Verlag: The following origina Illustrations could not be included in the 1979 edition of China Illustrata: A, B, F and Zzz.
Published by Siruela ., 1986
ISBN 10: 8485876423ISBN 13: 9788485876426
Seller: Alcaná Libros, Madrid, Spain
Book
tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Iconografía.(7.044) Artes gráficas. Grabados. Kircher, Athanasius (76 Kircher, Athanasius) Siruela . Madrid . 1986. 35 cm. 2 v. : il. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Texto de Ignacio Gómez de Liaño. Iconografía. Gomez de Liaño, Ignacio . Estuche rasgado. Sobrecubierta deslucida. ISBN: 8485876423 (o.c.) (=1897756=) PD186.
Published by Actes Sud, 2009
ISBN 10: 2742784780ISBN 13: 9782742784783
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 306 pages. French language. 11.10x9.76x1.57 inches. In Stock.
Published by Facsimile Publisher 0
ISBN 10: 9333411135ISBN 13: 9789333411134
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. book.
Published by OCTO, 1989
ISBN 10: 8440453299ISBN 13: 9788440453297
Seller: Zilis Select Books, Madrid, M, Spain
Book
Rústica. Condition: Very Good. 01/10/1989.
Fol., 4 Bll., 162,(20) S., verz. Opbd. m. Goldprg. - Ecken minimal bestoßen, insgesamt sehr gut. Reprint der deutschen Ausgabe der Phonurgia Nova (1673) nach dem Original aus dem Jahr 1684. Nachwort von U. Scharlau.