R.P. Athanasii Kircheri e Societate Jesu Iter extaticum coeleste : quo mundi opificium, id est, coelestis expansi, siderumq[ue], tam errantium, quàm fixorum natura, vires, proprietates, singulorumq[ue] compositio & structura, ab infimo telluris globo, usq[ue] ad ultima mundi confinia, per ficti raptus integumentum explorata, novâ hypothesi exponitur ad veritatem, interlocutoribus Cosmiele et Theodidacto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Contributor:

Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666.

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Standardized Title:

Iter extaticum coeleste

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Penn Provenance:

Solms, Comes de (bookplate)

Seidel, D. G. (autograph)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 689 pages, 19 unnumbered pages, XII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)

Edition:

Hac secundâ editione praelusionibus & scholiis illustratum, ac schematismis necessariis, qui deerant, exornatum, nec non à mendis, quae in primam Romanam editionem irrepserant, expurgatum, ipso auctore annuente / a P. Gaspare Schotto ... ; accessit ejusdem auctoris Iter exstaticum terrestre & synopsis Mundi subterranei.

Other Title:

Iter exstaticum Kircherianum

Place of Publication:

Herbipoli : Sumptibus Joh. Andr. & Wolffg. Jun. Endterorum haeredibus ; Prostat Norimbergae : Apud eosdem, anno 1660.

Notes:

First ed. of the Iter extaticum coeleste appeared in 1656 under title: Itinerarium exstaticum.

Added engr. t.p.: Iter exstaticum Kircherianum, praelusionibus & scholijs illustratum, schematibusq[ue] exornatum à P. Gasp. Schotto ...

Signatures: )(-3)(⁴ A-4T⁴ 4U².

The Iter extaticum II (p. [513]-689) has special half-title which reads: Athanasii Kircheri ... Iter extaticum II, qui & mundi subterranei prodromus dicitur; quo geocosmi opificium, sive terrestris globi structura, unà cum abditis in ea constitutis arcanioris naturae reconditoriis, per ficti raptus integumentum exponitur ad veritatem. In III. dialogos distinctum, & hac secundâ editione à mendis, quae in primam Romanam irrepserant, expurgatum. Accessit in fine synopsis Mundi subterranei ejusdem auctoris.

The synopsis of Kircher's Mundus subterraneus is on p. 684-689,

Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.

Errata on p. [17]-[18] at end.

"Nomina auctorum quorum in observationibus coelestibus, quas à 40 annis, diversis temporibus peregerunt, auctoritates fecuti sumus"--p. 483-484.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Itinerarium exstaticum.

Contains:

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Iter extaticum II.

OCLC:

6788081