Athanasii Kircheri Fuldensis Buchonii e Soc. Iesu presbyteri ... Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta :
quibus admirandae lucis et vmbrae in mundo, atque adeò vniuersa natura, vires effectusq[ue] vti noua, ita varia nouorum reconditiorumq[ue] speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium vsus, panduntur.

Description

Tools

Main Author: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Related Names: Grignani, Lodovico, 1586-1651, printer.
Scheus, Hermann, active 1638-1646, bookseller.
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657, censor.
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, 1633-1654, dedicatee.
Miotte, Pierre, active 1640-1660, engraver.
Language(s): Latin ; Hebrew ; Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published: Romae : Sumptibus Hermanni Scheus : MDCXLVI [1646]
Subjects: Jesuits.
Jesuits.
Physics.
Optics.
Light.
Astronomy.
Catholicism.
Optics and Photonics.
Optical Phenomena.
Astronomical Phenomena.
Astrology.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Physics > Physics / Early works to 1800.
Light > Light / Early works to 1800.
Optics > Optics / Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Note: Includes index.
Errata: page [14] at end.
Includes dedication to Archduke Ferdinand (1633-1654), son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608-1657), followed by a preface by Ferdinand III.
The folded plate (no. XX) shows the "Horoscopium Catholicum Societ. Iesu.," with various nations arranged in a tree structure, and various languages and scripts radiating from the corners.
Title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces.
The title page for v. 2 (leaf 3Q4+1) is not accounted for in register (p. [15] of the last sequence).
Errors in pagination: 63-64 numbered 51-52; 94 numbered 86; 193 numbered 185; 412-13 numbered 404-05; 470 numbered 370; 567-68 repeated; 651 numbered 551; 845 numbered 847.
"Superiorum permissu."--Title page.
Signatures: ([dagger])⁴ 2[dagger]-5 [dagger]⁴ A-3P⁴ 3Q⁴ (3Q4+1) 3R-6D⁴ ; 497 leaves.
Extra plates inserted at p. 252 (unnumbered), 371 (numbered vi incorrectly), 402 (unnumbered) and 494 (unnumbered).
Title page for "Volume secundum" preceding page 495.
Added engraved title page, signed: Petrus Miotte Burgundus sculp.
Physical Description: [40], 494, [2], 495-568, 567-935, [15] pages, xxxiv [i.e. 38] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (woodcuts, copper engravings) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Locate a Print Version: Find in a library

Viewability

Item Link	Original Source
Full view	Boston College

View HathiTrust MARC record

Functional cookies

Statistics cookies

Marketing cookies

Description

Tools

Viewability