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1206 Kircher, Athanasius. Physiologia Kircheriana experimentalis, qua summa argumentorum multitudine & varietate naturalium rerum scientia per experimenta physica, mathematica, medica, chymica, musica, magnetica, mechanica comprobatur atque stabilitur... Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberge, 1680. Fol. Kupfertit. , 3 Bll., 248 SS., 4 Bll., mit 10 Kupf. u. ca. 160 Holzschn. Pgt. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: *R (3.000,- €) / (3.360,- $) De Backer/S. I, 432; Brunet III, 669; Caillet 5796; Dünnhaupt II, 1015, 34; Garrison/M. 5 580; Merrill 29; Thorndike VIII, 224; Wellcome III, 396. - Erste Ausgabe dieser von Kirchers Schüler Johann Stephan Kestler besorgten Kompilation, reich illustriert. Sie enthält bedeutende naturwissenschaftliche Experimente, u. a. zu Astronomie, Optik (Laterna magica), Magnetismus, Luftdruck, Harmonielehre, Mechanik und Feuerwerk, "includes the first recorded experiment in hypnotism in animals" (G./M.). - "This work, edited by one of Kircher's pupils, Johann Stephan Kestler, is a codification of Kircher's observations and experiments across the entire spectrum of his researches in physics... an example of what Kircher's writings could have been like at the hands of a good editor... The Physiologia is not only a measure of Kircher's scientific curiosity and the vast range of his scientific researches, but also a barometer of his age, a catalogue of the scientific concerns of his time" (Merrill). - Leicht gebräunt u. stockfl., im Bug stellenw. etwas wasserfl., Drucktit. mit Besitzverm.-Rasur. Einband etwas braunfleckig, Rücken spröde. Some light browning and foxing, some occasional waterstaining to gutter, owner's entry to letterpress title-page erased. Contemporary vellum binding a little brownstained, spine brittle. Zuschlag: 3.000,- € / 3.360
1206 Kircher, Athanasius. Physiologia Kircheriana experimentalis, qua summa argumentorum multitudine & varietate naturalium rerum scientia per experimenta physica, mathematica, medica, chymica, musica, magnetica, mechanica comprobatur atque stabilitur... Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberge, 1680. Fol. Kupfertit. , 3 Bll., 248 SS., 4 Bll., mit 10 Kupf. u. ca. 160 Holzschn. Pgt. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: *R (3.000,- €) / (3.360,- $) De Backer/S. I, 432; Brunet III, 669; Caillet 5796; Dünnhaupt II, 1015, 34; Garrison/M. 5 580; Merrill 29; Thorndike VIII, 224; Wellcome III, 396. - Erste Ausgabe dieser von Kirchers Schüler Johann Stephan Kestler besorgten Kompilation, reich illustriert. Sie enthält bedeutende naturwissenschaftliche Experimente, u. a. zu Astronomie, Optik (Laterna magica), Magnetismus, Luftdruck, Harmonielehre, Mechanik und Feuerwerk, "includes the first recorded experiment in hypnotism in animals" (G./M.). - "This work, edited by one of Kircher's pupils, Johann Stephan Kestler, is a codification of Kircher's observations and experiments across the entire spectrum of his researches in physics... an example of what Kircher's writings could have been like at the hands of a good editor... The Physiologia is not only a measure of Kircher's scientific curiosity and the vast range of his scientific researches, but also a barometer of his age, a catalogue of the scientific concerns of his time" (Merrill). - Leicht gebräunt u. stockfl., im Bug stellenw. etwas wasserfl., Drucktit. mit Besitzverm.-Rasur. Einband etwas braunfleckig, Rücken spröde. Some light browning and foxing, some occasional waterstaining to gutter, owner's entry to letterpress title-page erased. Contemporary vellum binding a little brownstained, spine brittle. Zuschlag: 3.000,- € / 3.360