Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Mundus subterraneus, : in XII libros digestus; quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo [Pantamorphon] protei regnum, uniuersae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquisitae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Schor, Johann Paul, 1615-1674. egr RPJCB, Matham, Theodor, approximately 1606-1676. egr RPJCB, Passe, Crispyn van de, approximately 1591-approximately 1670. egr RPJCB, Siourtsma, Anthonie Heeres, b. approximately 1629. egr RPJCB · 1678 · Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios · 26 pictures

Athanasius Kircher's Mundus subterraneus, printed in Amsterdam in 1678 by Joannes Janssonius and sons, is a Jesuit natural-philosophy treatise on the earth's interior, aimed at scholars and learned readers. Its engraved plates show schematic geological cutaways, volcanic and subterranean machinery, and the earth's hollow structure, offering designers diagrammatic cross-sections, wood-and-copper line work, and strong early-modern cartographic linework.

Science · Geology · Natural history · Imprint 1678

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