Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Mundus subterraneus : in XII libros digestus; quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo Pantamorphon [Greek work romanized] 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

Title Variants

Alternative: Mundus subterraneus in XII libros digestus

Uniform: Mundus subterraneus

By

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667 , dedicatee
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705 , dedicatee
Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680 , printer
Matham, Theodor, 1605 or 1606-1676 , engraver
Schor, Johann Paul, 1615-1674 , artist

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Amstelodami [Amsterdam, Netherlands], Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios, anno MDCLXXVIII. [1678]

Edition

Editio tertia / ad fidem scripti exemplaris recognita, & prioribus emendatior: tum ab auctore Româ submissis variis observationibus novisque figuris auctior.

Notes

Vol. 1 has added engraved title page, with title: Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Mundus subterraneus.

Vol. 2 has only an engraved title page, with title: 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.

Engraved title page of vol. 1 signed: J. Paul Schor delin. Romae, Theod. Matham sculpsit.

Engraved title page of vol. 2 signed: C. vande Pas delineavit, A. Siourtsma sculpsit.

Engraved vignette on title page of vol. 1, with motto: Sapiens dominabitur astris.

"Ad Alexandrum VII. Pont. Opt. Max."--Printed dedication on title page of vol. 1.

Vol. 1 has engraved frontispiece portrait of the author.

Dedicatory letter (vol. 1 p. [5-8]) addressed to "Alexandro VII. Pontifici maximo."

Dedicatory letter (vol. 2 p. [1-2]) dated June 1663 and addressed to "Sacratissimo & Invictissimo Leopoldo I⁰. Romanorum Imperatori justo, pio, felici."

Vol. 1: [20], 366, [6] p., [15] leaves of plates (13 folded); vol. 2: [8], 507, [9] p., [10] leaves of plates (3 folded).

Printed in double columns.

Tailpieces, initials, printed marginal notes.

Errata: vol. 2, p. [516].

Includes indexes.

Backer-Sommervogel, | vol. 4, column 1060, no. 21

Cicognara, | 2056

Subjects

17th century , Early works , Early works to 1800 , Engravings (prints) , Geology , Integral errata lists (Printing) , Natural history , Netherlands , Pre-Linnean works , Science , Volcanoes , Woodcuts (prints)

Call Number

Q155 .K6 1678

Language

Latin

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/33002801
OCLC: 7480666