阿塔纳修斯·基尔彻。1602-1680. 《大科学》杂志。阿姆斯特丹：Janssonius van Waesberge，1669年。

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KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602-1680.:Ars Magna Sciendi. Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberge, 1669.
2 parts in 1 volume. Folio (372 x 245 mm). 2 extra engraved title pages, engraved portrait of Emperor Leopold I, engraved volvelle plates at p 13 and p 173, engraved \”philosophical tree\” plate after title page for part 2, 5 folding letterpress tables, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, engraved diagrams and illustrations in text. Contemporary calf, rebacked and re-cornered in brown morocco with gilt titles and six raised bands on spine. Scuffs and wear to binding, corners bumped, Browning and foxing throughout.
Provenance: George Frederick Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (British politician, Viceroy and Governor General of India, 1827-1909, bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. One of Kircher\’s most influential works, which \”… represents the seventeenth-century search for a universal language that would allow scientists and philosophers to describe and circumscribe all knowledge into a unified system\” (Merrill). Caillet II, 5771; Dünnhaupt Kircher 23-24; Merrill 22-23.

阿塔纳修斯·基尔彻。1602-1680. 《大科学》杂志。阿姆斯特丹：Janssonius van Waesberge，1669年。