KIRCHER (Athanase) Mundus subterraneus,... - Lot 204 - Eric Caudron

KIRCHER (Athanase) Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus; quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo pantamorphon Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum effectuum causae acri indagine inquisitae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur (...). Editio tertia, ad fidem scripti exemplaris recognita, & prioribus emendatior: tum ab auctore Roma submissis variis observationibus novisque figuris auctior Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1678, 2 vol. in-folio, [10] ff. n. ch. (engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to Alexander VII, preface, table), 366 pp., [3] ff. n. ch. of index; [5] ff. n. ch. of title; [6] ff. n. ch. of index; [7] ff. n. ch. of index; [8] ff. n. ch. of index; [9] ff. n. ch. of index; [10] ff. n. ch. of index; [11] ff. n. ch. of index; [12] ff. n. ch. of index; [13] ff. n. ch. of index; [14] ff. n. ch. of index; [15] ff. n. ch. of index; [15] ff. n. ch. of index; [16] ff. n. ch. of index; [17] ff. n. ch. of index. (title-frontispiece, dedication to Leopold I, preamble, table), 507-[9] pp., text on two columns, with many figures in the text, and 26 plates and maps out of text (15 double plates, 11 single plates), including 5 tables, rigid wove vellum, spine ribbed with cold fillets, double and single cold fillets on the plates, large central motif, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Third edition, considered the most complete. Very nice copy in a very pure Dutch vellum.