Physiologia Experimentalis, qua Summa Argumentorum Multitudine & Varietate Naturalium rerum scientia per experimenta Physica, Mathematica, Medica, Chymica, Musica, Magnetica, Mechanica comprobatur atque stabilitur. Extraxit, &. . . redegit. . . Joannes...
By KIRCHER, Athanasius
Folio (373x247 mm). [8], 248, [8] pp., including additional engraved allegorical title, seven copper engravings and numerous woodcuts within text. 19th-c three-quarter vellum, spine with printed title (extremities and boards somewhat rubbed). Minor spotting and even light browning throughout. Provenance: Marcel Bekus (ex-libris to front paste-down and small ink stamp to title verso). A fine, unstained copy with ample margins. ---- Garrison-Morton 580, Caillet 5796; Honeyman 1834; Dunnhaupt III, 2348, 34; Krivatsy 6404; Waller 10869; Wellcome III, p.396. FIRST EDITION of this selection from Kircher's voluminous works "which includes the first recorded experiment in hypnotism in animals" (Garrison-M 580). The range of subjects covered encompasses the entire spectrum of his researches, such as astronomy, optics (laterna magica), magnetism, air pressure, harmonics, sundials or waterpipes. Johann Stephan Kestler, the editor, was Kircher's pupil and as Kircher died the year this book was published, it is uncertain to what degree he was involved in its production.- Visit our website to see more images!
Published by: Jansson-Waesberge, Amsterdam, 1680
Vendor: Milestones of Science Books
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By KIRCHER, Athanasius
Folio (373x247 mm). [8], 248, [8] pp., including additional engraved allegorical title, seven copper engravings and numerous woodcuts within text. 19th-c three-quarter vellum, spine with printed title (extremities and boards somewhat rubbed). Minor spotting and even light browning throughout. Provenance: Marcel Bekus (ex-libris to front paste-down and small ink stamp to title verso). A fine, unstained copy with ample margins. ---- Garrison-Morton 580, Caillet 5796; Honeyman 1834; Dunnhaupt III, 2348, 34; Krivatsy 6404; Waller 10869; Wellcome III, p.396. FIRST EDITION of this selection from Kircher's voluminous works "which includes the first recorded experiment in hypnotism in animals" (Garrison-M 580). The range of subjects covered encompasses the entire spectrum of his researches, such as astronomy, optics (laterna magica), magnetism, air pressure, harmonics, sundials or waterpipes. Johann Stephan Kestler, the editor, was Kircher's pupil and as Kircher died the year this book was published, it is uncertain to what degree he was involved in its production.- Visit our website to see more images!
Published by: Jansson-Waesberge, Amsterdam, 1680
Vendor: Milestones of Science Books
