$2,706
Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680) China Monumentis . Amsterdam: Joannes Jansson a Waesberg & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667. Folio, engraved title, engraved vignette on typographical title, typographical title torn with 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. C-shaped lacuna to the blank margin; full-paged engraved portrait of Kircher in his library; large folding map of China, large folding table of Eastern languages torn and repaired, two full-paged engraved plates of Syriac inscriptions; large folding map of Asia torn with slight reparable loss, tape repairs, on ink spot, detached from book; full-paged plate of the miraculous cross of Saint Thomas in India; eleven text engravings mainly depicting people; full-paged engraving of the Mughal Emperor; three text engravings of animals; full-paged standing portrait of Kam Hi, the second emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty; two full-paged engravings of typical regional Chinese types, each with six frames; full-paged standing portrait of the Jesuit astronomer Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592-1666); full-paged standing portrait of Matteo Ricci and Li Paulus Magnus; two full-paged engravings of a Japanese woman with a bird in two different domestic settings; text engraving of an Indian religious rite; full-paged engraving of a Chinese temple; folding engraving of a Chinese painting; text engraving depicting a Japanese religious rite; text engraving of the Buddha on a lotus; full-paged engraving of a seated many-armed Buddha on a lotus with Sanskrit inscription; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
