File:Athanasii Kircheri... China monumentis (1667) "Frontispicio" (22629197626).jpg

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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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Source "Frontispicio" 2, China Illustrata, Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla from Sevilla, España
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Athanasius Kircher  (1602–1680)  wikidata:Q76738 s:en:Author:Athanasius Kircher q:it:Athanasius Kircher
 
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Athanasius Kircher SJ; Athanasius Kircher, S.J.; A. Kircher; Kircher; Pere Kircher; Father Kircher; Fr. Athanasius Kircher
Description German jesuit, philosopher and historian
Date of birth/death 2 May 1602 Edit this at Wikidata 27 November 1680 / 28 November 1680 / 1680 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Geisa Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1617 Edit this at Wikidata–1680 Edit this at Wikidata
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Heilbad Heiligenstadt; Würzburg Edit this at Wikidata
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