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050 4 $aQ155$b.K6 1678
100 1 $aKircher, Athanasius,$d1602-1680.
240 10 $aMundus subterraneus.
245 10 $aMundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus :$bqvo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo [pantamorphon] Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquistae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparata, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur. Ad Alexandrum VII. pont. opt. max. /$cAthanasii Kircheri.
250 $aEditio tertia, ad fidem scripti exemplaris recognita, & prioribus emendatior : tum ab auctore Roma submissis variis observationibus novisque fiquris auctior.
260 $aAmstelodami :$bapud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios,$c1678.
300 $a2 v. in 1. :$bill., plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) ;$c38.5 cm.
520 $aMundus Subterraneus is the most geological of Kircher's works. This book is notable for containing early plates of the Earth's interior, and views of spectacular eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etna. Plato's Atlantis is represented as an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Kircher also examines water and fire cycles--providing detailed explanations of hydrophylacia (modern aquifers) and pyrophylacia (modern magma chambers). Furthermore, this is one of the first books dealing with speleology. Kircher's book is far-ranging in his attempt to avoid the split between science, philosophy and religion.
500 $aAuthor's name at head of title.
500 $aPantamorphon in title transliterated from Greek.
500 $aVol. 2 has engraved title-page only.
500 $aIncludes index.
590 $aLibrary copy imperfect; several plates torn; pages missing; binding damaged in several places; tear in spine reveals slips of handwritten vellum used as backing.
650 0 $aScience$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aGeology$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aNatural history$vEarly works to 1800.
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