Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Polygraphia noua et vniuersalis ex combinatoria arte detecta : qua quiuis etiam linguarum quantumuis imperitus triplici methodo prima, vera & reali, sine vlla latentis arcani suspicione, manifeste ; secunda, per technologiam quandam artificiose dispositam ; tertia, per steganographiam impenetrabili scribendi genere adornatam, vnius vernaculae linguae subsidio, omnibus populis & linguis clam, aperte ; obscure, & dilucide scribere & respondere posse docetur, & demonstratur : in III. syntagmata distributa, in prinicipum gratiam ac recreationem inuenta & in lucem edita.
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Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Polygraphia noua et vniuersalis ex combinatoria arte detecta : qua quiuis etiam linguarum quantumuis imperitus triplici methodo prima, vera & reali, sine vlla latentis arcani suspicione, manifeste ; secunda, per technologiam quandam artificiose dispositam ; tertia, per steganographiam impenetrabili scribendi genere adornatam, vnius vernaculae linguae subsidio, omnibus populis & linguis clam, aperte ; obscure, & dilucide scribere & respondere posse docetur, & demonstratur : in III. syntagmata distributa, in prinicipum gratiam ac recreationem inuenta & in lucem edita.
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Polygraphia nova et universalis ex combinatoria arte detecta
Created/published
Romae : Ex Typographia Varesij, MDCLXIII [1663]
Description
148, 23, [1] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. author.
Varese, Lazzari, active 1664-1684, printer.
Huzard, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1755-1838, former owner.
Dubler, César E. (César Emil), 1915- former owner.
Varese, Lazzari, active 1664-1684, printer.
Huzard, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1755-1838, former owner.
Dubler, César E. (César Emil), 1915- former owner.
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Signatures: A-B⁴ C-I² K-Y⁴, ²A-C⁴.
The last p. is blank.
The last p. is blank.
Contents
Dictionarium I pentaglossum sive quinque linguarum juxta ordinem alphabeticum dispositum
Dictionarium II pentaglossum servit pro interpretandis et legendis litteris
Syntagma II, unius linguae ad omnes alias extensio aliamque arcanam scribendi rationem continet
Syntagma III, de technologia sive de arcano Steganograhico universali combinativo rerum
Appendix apologetica ad polygraphiam novam.
Dictionarium II pentaglossum servit pro interpretandis et legendis litteris
Syntagma II, unius linguae ad omnes alias extensio aliamque arcanam scribendi rationem continet
Syntagma III, de technologia sive de arcano Steganograhico universali combinativo rerum
Appendix apologetica ad polygraphiam novam.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to p. 22-23.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Rome.
Item Details
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P361 .K5 1663 Cage
Folger-specific note
In red quarter calf over red buckram boards; gilt title and tooling on spine. Manuscript bibliographical note in French on verso of front free endpaper. Manuscript inscription on t.p.: "Ex catalogo ffr. Discalciatorum Sti. Augustini Conventus Parisiensis." Jean Baptist Huzard copy. Stamp: Prof. Dr. Césare Dubler, with deaccession stamp.
Folger accession
181522