Roma: Vitale Mascardi, 1661. First Edition of One of the Rarest of Athanasius Kircher's Books "Post-Vesuvius Crosses" KIRCHER, Athanasius. Diatribe de prodigiosi Crucibus: quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuuij Montis Neapoli Comparuerunt. Roma: Vitale Mascardi, 1661. First edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4... More
Cologne: Iodocum Kalcoven, 1643. Magnets and the Magnetic Art Second Enlarged and Corrected Edition KIRCHER, Athanasius. Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum quo praeterquam quod universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus. Artibus & Scientiis usus, nova Methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque & prodigiosis effectibus Magneticarum, aliarumq; abditarum Naturae motionum in Elementis... More
Amstelodami: Johannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Elizei Weyerstraet, 1667. Kircher's Last Work on Magnetism in Nature KIRCHER, Athanasius. Magneticum Naturae Regnum sive Disceptacio Physiologica de Triplici in Natura rerum Magnete, juxta triplicem ejusdem Naturae gradem digesto Inamimato Animato Sensitivo… Amstelodami: Johannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Elizei Weyerstraet, 1667. First twelvemo edition... More
Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1672. "An Impressive Display of Kircher's Virtuosity as a Linguist" KIRCHER, Athanasius. Principis Christiani Archetypon Politicum sive Sapientia Regnatrix; quam Regiis instructam documentis ex antiquo…Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1672. First edition. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in; 261 x 200 mm). Portrait... More
Firenze: All'Insegna della Nave, 1671. Kircher's Nemesis Spurns His Claims Yet Again One of Three Companions To Petrucci's Defense of Kircher A Fine Presentation Copy From The Author REDI, Francesco. Esperienze Intorno. A Diverse Cose Naturali, e Particularamente a Quelle, che ci son Portate dal Indie Fatte da Francesco Redi e Scritte in... More
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