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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

by: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 author

Publication date: 1646

Topics: Jesuits, Jesuits, Optics -- Early works to 1800, Light -- Early works to 1800, Physics -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astrology, Astronomical Phenomena, Optical Phenomena, Optics and Photonics, Catholicism, Astronomy, Light, Optics, Physics

Publisher: Romae : Sumptibus Hermanni Scheus : Ex typographia Ludouici Grignani

Collection: Boston_College_Library; blc; americana

Contributor: Boston College

Language: Latin; Hebrew; Ancient Greek; Ancient Greek

[40], 494, [2], 495-568, 567-935, [15] pages, xxxiv [i.e. 38] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 31 cm (fol.)

Added engraved title page, signed: Petrus Miotte Burgundus sculp

Title page for "Volume secundum" preceding page 495

Extra plates inserted at p. 252 (unnumbered), 371 (numbered vi incorrectly), 402 (unnumbered) and 494 (unnumbered)

Signatures: ([dagger])⁴ 2[dagger]-5 [dagger]⁴ A-3P⁴ 3Q⁴ (3Q4+1) 3R-6D⁴ ; 497 leaves

"Superiorum permissu."--Title page

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

The title page for v. 2 (leaf 3Q4+1) is not accounted for in register (p. [15] of the last sequence)

Title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces

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

Includes dedication to Archduke Ferdinand (1633-1654), son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608-1657), followed by a preface by Ferdinand III

Errata: page [14] at end

Includes index

Cons. Trans. #1403 & #1571

Addeddate: 2020-12-11 15:25:45

Associated-names: Miotte, Pierre, active 1640-1660, engraver; Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, 1633-1654, dedicatee; Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657, censor; Scheus, Hermann, active 1638-1646, bookseller; Grignani, Lodovico, 1586-1651, printer

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1009149143

Foldoutcount: 0

Identifier: athanasiikircher00kirc_8

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t72w29g1j

Invoice: 7

Ocr: tesseract 5.1.0-1-ge935

Ocr_detected_lang: la

Ocr_detected_lang_conf: 1.0000

Ocr_detected_script: Latin

Ocr_detected_script_conf: 0.9917

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Reviewer: The History of the Discovery of Cinematography - - July 25, 2021
Subject: 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

The great art of light and shadow.
Great indeed.

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