KIRCHER, Athanasius
Mundus Subterraneus
Amsterdam: Jansson and Weyerstrat, 1665
First edition.
Two vols in 1, large folio (391 x 235 mm)
2 engraved titles, portraits of author and Pope Alexander VII, 21 engraved plates, 7 folding double page tables, 2 (unassembled) volvelles.
Contemporary stiff vellum, blindstamped and ruled on covers.



Titlepage from Athanasius Kircher, Mundus Subterraneus, Amsterdam 1665.


Volcanoes and fire, from Athanasius Kircher, Mundus Subterraneus, Amsterdam 1665.