Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Iesu : Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum quo Universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova methodo explicatur: ac praeterea è viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus plantis animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita. Naturae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
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Type of record: Book
Title: Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Iesu : Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum quo Universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova methodo explicatur: ac praeterea è viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus plantis animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita. Naturae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
Other titles: Magnes sive de arte magnetica
Classmark: Early Science 6 1654/KIR
Creator(s): Kircher, Athanasius (1680)
Publisher: Sumptibus Basij Deversin, & Zanobij Masotti bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
Publication city: Rome
Date(s): 1654
Language: Latin
Size and medium: [16] leaves, 618, [28] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/252095
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991016014659705181
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Title in black and red. Title vignette with the queen and a ship in floral ovals; angel blowing horns.
Added engraved title page with spheres of knowledge the central theme.
Coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire on the verso of leaf.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Some of the illustrations are engraved.
Printed marginal notations.
Additional description
Wanting additional engraved title page
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