Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Iesu Magnes siue De arte magnetica opus tripartium : quo vniuersa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientijs & artibus vsus, noua methodo explicatur, ac praeterea è viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur.
1654
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Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Iesu Magnes siue De arte magnetica opus tripartium : quo vniuersa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientijs & artibus vsus, noua methodo explicatur, ac praeterea è viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur.
Uniform title
Magnes
Edition
Editio tertia / ab ipso authore recognita, emendataque, ac multis nouorum experimentorum problematis aucta.
Created/published
Romae : Sumptibus Blasij Deuersin, & Zanobij Masotti bibliopolarum, 1654 ([Romae] : Typis Vitalis Mascardi)
Description
[30], 618, [30] p. : ill., music ; 33 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. author.
Diversin, Biaggio, active 17th century, publisher.
Masotti, Zenobio, active 1663-1671, publisher.
Mascardi, Vitale, printer.
Diversin, Biaggio, active 17th century, publisher.
Masotti, Zenobio, active 1663-1671, publisher.
Mascardi, Vitale, printer.
Note
"Superiorum permissu, & priuilegijs."
Signatures: [cross]-2[cross]⁶ 3[cross]⁴ A-3H⁶.
Title page printed in black and red. Engraved title vignette.
Added engraved title page with spheres of knowledge the central theme.
Engravings: text illustrations.
Profusely illustrated with woodcut ill. and diagrams, head- and tail-pieces, ornamental initials.
Printed marginal notations.
The last 2 p. are blank.
Signatures: [cross]-2[cross]⁶ 3[cross]⁴ A-3H⁶.
Title page printed in black and red. Engraved title vignette.
Added engraved title page with spheres of knowledge the central theme.
Engravings: text illustrations.
Profusely illustrated with woodcut ill. and diagrams, head- and tail-pieces, ornamental initials.
Printed marginal notations.
The last 2 p. are blank.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes indexes, table of contents.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to p. 290-291.
Cited/described in
Backer-Sommervogel, IV 1048-9
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, 5780
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, 5780
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library 166- 834f
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Annotations.
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Italy -- Rome.
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166- 834f
Folger-specific note
In mottled sheep. A few manuscript notes in Latin.
Folger accession
166834