J. Janssonius Waesberghe. 24 x 38 cm, with illustrated frontispiece, 12 copperplates, 15 copperplate text illustrations and 11 woodcut illustrations, 50 pages, original pigskin binding, scuffing and wear, joints partially split, foxing, folding plates with splits and minor foxing in the folds. – Ex libris: LUDOVICI Ducis Wurtenbergiae Bibliothecae Illatus. – Literature: Dünnhaupt 31. De Backer/S. IV, 1076. Caillet II, 5784. – "Kircher’s museum originated in an estate which he took over; the collection was expanded by Kirchner himself in collaboration with his co-publisher, Giorgio di Sepi[bus], a gifted mechanic, who constructed most of the apparatus under Kircher's guidance" (Dünnhaupt). – The plates and text illustrations depict different scientific fields, as ancient musical instruments, apparatus, Egyptian artefacts, Chinese writing tablets, and representations of animals, coins and obelisks in large folio format. – "Très curieux" (Caillez).品相: (3/–)