Kircher, Athanasius
£1,400
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
China momumentis. Amsterdam: Jacob a Meurs, 1667. 4to, engraved title, 2 folding maps and 23 plates, one map with repair and tear, later half vellum, lacks the portrait, 2 folding plates torn or repaired, one frayed, some spotting and browning, some marginal dampstaining, engraved title repaired and dust-soiled, library stamps to printed title, binding rubbed and soiled
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note: A counterfeit of the original edition by Johannes Janssonius a Waesberge & Elizeus Weyerstraet. There are some omissions and alterations in the text.