TY  - BOOK
AU  - Godwin,Joscelyn
TI  - Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world
SN  - 9780500291740 (paperback)
U1  - 943.04092 22
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Kircher, Athanasius,
KW  - Illustration of books
KW  - Germany
KW  - 17th century
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - Reading book
N1  - 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
N2  - "A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."
ER  -