Lot 1545 Athanasius Kircher. La Chine. illustree de …

La Chine. illustree de plusieurs monuments tant sacres que profanes, et de quantite de recherches (...) Mit illustr. Kupfertitel (zur lat. Ausg. 1667), 2 doppelblattgr. Kupferkarten, 15 Kupfertafeln und 63 Textkupfern. Amsterdam, Joh. Janssonius à Waesberge & E. Weyerstraets Erben, 1670. 7 Bll., 367 S., 6 Bll. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldenen RTitel. (etwas berieben und beschabt).

Asien - China

Geographie und Reisen – De Backer/Sommervogel IV, 1064. - Mit hs. Vermerk auf Vorsatz. - Reich illustriertes landeskundliches Werk über China, das Geographie, Ethnographie, Religionsgeschichte, Naturgeschichte, Architektur und Philologie sowie verschiedene Reisewege umfasst. Das Werk des Jesuiten und barocken Universalgelehrten Kircher war wegen seiner wissenschaftlichen Gründlichkeit bahnbrechend für die europäische Chinakenntnis. Zuerst 1667 lateinisch erschienen werden darin erstmals die indischen Devanagari-Schriftzeichen der abendländischen Welt zugänglich gemacht. Mit der Wiedergabe der Inschrift von Xiang bewies Kircher, dass das Christentum schon vor Jahrhunderten in China bekannt war. - Wasserrandig. Ränder gebräunt, leicht stockfleckig. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten.

Geography and Travel – Asia - With illustrated copperplate title (for the Latin edition of 1667), 2 double-page copperplate maps, 15 copperplate plates, and 63 text engravings. Leather with gilt title (slightly rubbed and scraped). - With handwritten note on the endpaper. - Richly illustrated regional studies of China, covering geography, ethnography, religious history, natural history, architecture, and philology, as well as various travel routes. Due to its scholarly thoroughness, the work of the Jesuit and Baroque polymath Kircher was groundbreaking for European knowledge of China. First published in Latin in 1667, it made the Indian Devanagari characters accessible to the Western world for the first time. By reproducing Xiang's inscription, Kircher demonstrated that Christianity was already known in China centuries ago. - Waterstained. Browned edges, light foxing. Overall, very well preserved.

Startprice: 1200 €
Estimate: 1600 €

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