Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis: qvà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturæ & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi roman. imper ...

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Description: Athanasius Kircher based this text on European explorers' descriptions and drawings of Asian countries. The intended purpose was to display the origins of Asian customs and offer strategies for missionaries.
Names: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1667; Place: Amstelodami; Publisher: apud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: (Parsons) VWIP+ (Kircher. Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis)
Topics: China -- Description and travel
Genres: Prints; Illustrations; Maps; Books
Physical Description: Extent: 8 p. l., 237, [11] p. ab illus., 23 pl. (partly fold.) port., 2 fold. maps. ac 38 cm; Engravings
Type of Resource: Still image; Text; Cartographic
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 3488438; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13034598; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): affb37d0-c6ec-012f-9ffa-3c075448cc4b