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English:
Frontispiece for Athanasius Kircher's 1667
China Illustrated
, published at Amsterdam by Elisée or Elizaeus Weyerstraet and Jan Janszoon van Waesberghe, depicting
Adam Schall
, an angel, and
Matteo Ricci
displaying a map of China below
SS Francis Xavier
and
Ignatius Loyola
venerating an
IHS
representing Jesus Christ surrounded by angels. Note the
mandarin square
on Schall's robe.
Latina:
Athanasii Kircheri
China Monumentis: qua Sacris quà Profanis, nec non Variis Naturae & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque Rerum Memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata...
Amstelodami apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667.
Español:
[14], 237, [11] p., 24 lám. de grab., 2 mapas: il.; Fol.- Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero e Societate Jesu editorum (2H4). Al final del mismo: "Juxta exemplar Romae, typis Varesii ..."
Notas:
Sign.: [Ast.]-2[Ast.]4, A-2H4. - Texto a dos col. - Port. con grab. con anagrama de la Compañía de Jesús . - Precede a la port. lám. de grab. alegórico. Precede al Fol. I retrato grab. del autor. - Las h. de grab. calc., 3 de ellas pleg. (dos mapas e inscripción en caracteres chinos), las 23 restantes son: un retrato del autor, Inscripciones siríacas y sánscritas, personajes y vestimenta mogoles, tártaros y chinos, etc. - Las il. calc. intercaladas en el texto son escenas costumbristas y fauna y flora de China.
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