Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus : quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo pantámorphou 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 ... : ad Alexandrum VII Pont. Opt. Max

Title Variants

Alternative: Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus

Uniform: Mundus subterraneus

By

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 , author

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667 , dedicatee
Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680 , bookseller, printer
Weyerstraten, Elizaeus, 1667? , bookseller, printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Amstelodami, Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, anno MDCLXV [1665]

Notes

On title page, "pantámorphou" is in Greek characters.

Date on title page printed using the apostrophus.

Volume 1 added engraved title page reads: Athanasii Kircheri e. Soc. Jesu mundus subterraneus.

Volume 2 engraved title page reads: 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.

Pagination: v. 1: [28], 346, [6] pages, [27 leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [12], 487, [9] pages, [13] leaves of plates (some folded).

Signatures: v. 1: *⁴ 2*⁶ 3*⁴ A-2X⁴; v. 2: (*)⁶ A-3Q⁴.

Engraved title vignette (volume 1); tail-pieces; initials.

Includes engraved portraits of the author and Pope Alexander VII.

Text printed in double columns.

Includes indexes.

Errata: volume 1, page [352].

Short title catalogue Netherlands, | 844178543 | http://picarta.nl/DB=3.11/XMLPRS=Y/PPN?PPN=844178543

Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, | t. IV, column 1060

Subjects

Early works , Early works to 1800 , Geology , Natural history , Pre-Linnean works , Science , Underground areas , Volcanoes

Call Number

Q155 .K6

Language

Latin

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/15004898
OCLC: 78156078