[Medicine Science] Kircher Athanasius (1602 1680) Musurgia

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[Medicine & Science] Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680)
Musurgia Universalis sive Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni in X. Libros Digesta.

Rome: Heirs of Franciscus Corbelletti, [and] Grignani, 1650.

First edition, two folio volumes; lacking the added engraved title in volume one (supplied in facsimile), lacking the portrait of Leopold, Archduke of Austria, with a plate of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (not the dedicatee) inserted in its stead; additionally lacking two engraved plates: XVII and XXII; engravings extraneous to the collation present in this copy as follows: in the first volume plates: I-III, a single plate numbered IV/V, VI-X, and XIII; in the second volume: XI/XII (a statue of Orpheus and Cerberus bound after the title), XIV-XVI, XVIII-XXI, XXIII (XIV & XX folding; lacking plates XVII and XXII); numerous woodcut text illustrations throughout both volumes, several taking up an entire page; bound in contemporary uniform parchment over boards, edges stained blue, contents generally good, a little light waterstaining, 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.

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