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Godwin, Joscelyn,

Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world / Joscelyn Godwin. - First paperback edition. - 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Interesting times --
Kircher's life and work : an overview --
Frontispieces --
The illustration of Kircher's works --
Antiquity misread --
Antiquity preserved --
Antiquity imagined --
Naturalia : fire and water --
Naturalia : air and earth --
Music --
Machines of past and present --
Machines : magnetic and optical --
Maps and plans --
Exotica --
Images of the gods --
Didactic images --
Athanasius Kircher's writings.

"A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."

ISBN: 9780500291740 (paperback)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Illustration of books--Germany--17th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Intellectual life--17th century.

Subjects--Index Terms:

Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 943.04092 / GOD