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(SCIENCE.) Kircher, Athanasius, S.J. Ars magna sciendi. Engraved portrait of the dedicatee, Emperor Leopold I; plate depicting philosophical tree; text diagrams, with quadruple volvelle (loose) for dial on page 173, lacking volvelle for dial on page 13; 4 folding letterpress tables. [16], 482, [10] pages, including 2 engraved allegorical additional titles. Folio, 372x237 mm, early 18th-century sheep gilt, worn, needs rebacking; contents browned and foxed, sometimes severely, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on Volume 1 letterpress title, accession number on verso of portrait. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge, 1669
first edition. Adapting the elaborate combinatory scheme of the medieval Catalan philosopher Ramon Llull, "Kircher attempts nothing less than the categorization of all knowledge under the nine ideal attributes or dignities of God"--Merrill 22. Dünnhaupt, Kircher 23.
