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Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World

Door Joscelyn Godwin

Categorie
Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer
#344417-KC12
Titel
Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World
Auteur
Godwin, Joscelyn
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Thames and Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
0500258600
ISBN13
9780500258606
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original silver lettered boards, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations, 4to.
Samenvatting

Athanasius Kircher (1602-80) was acknowledged to be the most learned man of his age. By profession a Jesuit priest, he made himself an authority on every subject under (and above) the sun and published the results of his researches in over thirty lavishly illustrated volumes in Latin. His museum in Rome was famous and visited by everybody in the world of learning. Inevitably, his work has been superseded in most areas of study, but he remains a key figure in the history of ideas and in recent years there has been a revival of interest, in which Joscelyn Godwin has played a leading role. But while every other aspect of his thought has been studied, the fascinating engravings with which he illustrated his ideas have been largely ignored. This book fills that gap. It is divided into 15 chap
... (Lees verder)ters grouped by the engravings' subject; these illustrations reveal his singular mind and the way he was drawn to mysticism and magic.
Pagina's
304
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 100,00

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