Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680) Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, in X. Libros Digesta.

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Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680) Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, in X. Libros Digesta. Amsterdam: Janssonium a Waesberge & Haeredes Elizaei Weyerstraet, 1671. Second, enlarged edition, folio, illustrated with added engraved title by Pierre Miotte, engraved portrait of Johann Friedrich von Waldstein (1642-1694) by Hendrik Bary (c. 1632-1707); numerous text woodcuts, approximately forty full page or nearly full page text engravings, two engraved tables extraneous to the text leaves, one large folding engraving of the Jesuit horoscope, and one full page engraving extraneous to the text; bound in full contemporary speckled calf boards, gilt-tooled spine, some amateurish repairs to joints, endleaves darkened, some water staining, some strong toning and spotting, ex libris the Earl of Aylesford, Packington, Warwickshire, with his bookplate on the verso of the engraved title, tear with loss to blank outer corner margin of page 49/50, 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

Engraved title, typographical title, portrait, *3-4, **4, ***6, (*)2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Xxxx4.
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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