About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Collections Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis
 

Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis

About Filters

Collection Data

Description
Athanasius Kircher based this text on European explorers' descriptions and drawings of Asian countries. The intended purpose was to display the origins of Asian customs and offer strategies for missionaries.
Names
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1667
Place: Amstelodami
Publisher: apud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: (Parsons) VWIP+ (Kircher. Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis)
Topics
China -- Description and travel
Genres
Prints
Illustrations
Maps
Books
Physical Description
Extent: 8 p. l., 237, [11] p. ab illus., 23 pl. (partly fold.) port., 2 fold. maps. ac 38 cm
Engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 3488438
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13034598
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): affb37d0-c6ec-012f-9ffa-3c075448cc4b
Show filters Hide filters
topic
x Pronunciation
collection
x Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis: qvà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturæ & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi roman. imper ..
place
genre
x Prints
division
x Rare Book Division
Date Range
to
1 result found
Filtering on:
x Division: Rare Book Division
x Genre: Prints
x Topic: Pronunciation