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| Lot nr: | 27 |
| Book nr: | 12754 |
| Author: | KIRCHER, Athanasius |
| Title: | Obeliscus Pamphilius |
| Town: | Romae |
| Publisher: | Typis Ludovici Grignani |
| Year: | 1650 |
| Description: | In-f°, front. + [64] + 560 [i.e. 558] + [29 + 1 blank] pp. Text printed in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Illustrated with a front., a vignette on title-page, an engraved portret, one folding plate, 5 full-page copper engravings in the text, many woodcut illustrations in the text, printer's device on last folio. Errors in pagination, little tear in margin of front. reinforced, little tear in margin of folding plate, some wormholes, some foxing, some damp staining in margins, tear in corner of pp. 25/26 without loss of text. Contemporary full vellum with folding edges, coat of arms in gold-tooling on upper board, flat spine with title in ink. Spine with little stains, some small wormholes in binding |
| Note: | First edition of this description of the Pamphili obelisk in Piazza Navona in Rome, which was redesigned for Innocent X as a monument to his family. Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) was a German Jesuit polymath and prolific author. Caillet 5787. Sommervogel IV, 1052. Macclesfield, Science I-O, p. 54 and lot 1152 |
| Price: | €4250 |
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