KIRCHER ATHANASIUS Turris Babel 1679

Sale 2002 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 4,830

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000

KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. Turris Babel. 12 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, including views of the Tower of Babel, Babylon, and Nineveh; 7 full-page and 6 text illustrations; folding map of the region south of Ararat. [16], 219, [13] pages, including engraved additional title by Gerard de Lairesse. Some use of Arabic, Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, and Samaritan types. Folio, contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled and discolored; contents toned. Amsterdam: Officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1679

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