Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus : qvo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo [pantamorphon] Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquistae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparata, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur. Ad Alexandrum VII. pont. opt. max.

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 · 1678 · Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & filios · 318 pictures

Mundus subterraneus is a 1678 Latin natural philosophy treatise by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher, printed in Amsterdam by Janssonius van Waesberge, addressed to Pope Alexander VII and aimed at scholars studying the earth's interior. Its diagrams are plain woodcuts of instruments, a globe-like sphere with concentric rings, and a circular map of mineral or terrain forms, offering a designer clear geometric schemes, labelled cutaway structures and early scientific line diagrams.

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