La Chine Dathanase Kirchere De La Compagnie De Jesus Illustree De Plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacres

by Athanasius Kircher

$5,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Amsterdam: chez Jean Jansson à Waesberge & les heritiers d'Elizée Weyeratraet, 1670. First edition in French of Kircher's popular China Illustrata first published in Latin in Rome, 1667 ; folio, pp. 16 , 367, 13 ; added engraved title page has imprint: Amstelodami, Apud Johannem Janssonium à Waesberge et Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667; printer's woodcut device on title page, 24 engraved plates including 2 double-page maps, numerous engraved

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