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Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World (Paperback)
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Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World (Paperback)
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Athanasius Kircher (1602-80) was acknowledged to be the most
learned man of his age. By profession a Jesuit priest, he made
himself an authority on every subject under (and above) the sun and
published the results of his researches in over thirty lavishly
illustrated volumes in Latin. His museum in Rome was famous and
visited by everybody in the world of learning. Inevitably, his work
has been superseded in most areas of study, but he remains a key
figure in the history of ideas and in recent years there has been a
revival of interest, in which Joscelyn Godwin has played a leading
role. But while every other aspect of his thought has been studied,
the fascinating engravings with which he illustrated his ideas have
been largely ignored. This book fills that gap. It is divided into
15 chapters grouped by the engravings' subject; these illustrations
reveal his singular mind and the way he was drawn to mysticism and
magic.
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