Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus :
quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo pantámorphou Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur : abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquisitae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo, & ratione applicantur ... : ad Alexandrum VII Pont. Opt. Max.
Description
- Related Names
-
Weyerstraten, Elizaeus, -1667?, bookseller,
Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680, bookseller,
Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667, dedicatee.
- Language(s)
-
Latin
- Published
-
Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, anno MDCLXV [1665]
- Note
-
Errata: volume 1, page [352].
Includes indexes.
Text printed in double columns.
Includes engraved portraits of the author and Pope Alexander VII.
Engraved title vignette (volume 1); tail-pieces; initials.
Signatures: v. 1: *⁴ 2*⁶ 3*⁴ A-2X⁴; v. 2: (*)⁶ A-3Q⁴.
Pagination: v. 1: [28], 346, [6] pages, [27 leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [12], 487, [9] pages, [13] leaves of plates (some folded).
Volume 2 engraved title page reads: Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu mundi subterranei. Tomus IIus. in V. libros digestus quibus mundi subterranei fructus exponuntur, et quidquid tandem rarum, insolitum, et portentosum in foecundo naturae utero continetur, ante oculos ponitur curiosi lectoris.
Volume 1 added engraved title page reads: Athanasii Kircheri e. Soc. Jesu mundus subterraneus.
Date on title page printed using the apostrophus.
On title page, "pantámorphou" is in Greek characters.
- Physical Description
-
2 volumes :
illustrations, maps, portraits ;
40 cm (folio)
Viewability