Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musaeum celeberrimum : cujus magnum antiquariae rei, statuarum, imaginum, picturarumque partem ex legato Alphonsi Donini, S.P.Q.R., a secretis, munificâ liberalitate relictum / P. Athanasius Kircherus Soc. Jesu, novis & raris inventis locupletatum, compluriumque principum curiosis donariis magno rerum apparatu instruxit ; innumeris insuper rebus ditatum, ad plurimorum, maximè exterorum, curiositatisque doctrinae avidorum instantiam urgentesque preces novis compluribusque machinis, tum peregrinis ex Indiis allatis rebus publicae luci votisque exponit Georgius de Sepibus Valesius, authoris in machinis concinnandis executor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collegio romano. Museo, author.

Sepibus, Georgius de, active 1678, author.

Contributor:

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, writer of dedication.

Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680, printer.

Standardized Title:

Musaeum celeberrimum

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Collegio romano. Museo--Early works to 1800.

Collegio romano.

Science--Early works to 1800.

Science.

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Collegio romano. Museo.

Genre:

Early works.

Sammelbands.

Physical Description:

[8], 66, [6] pages, [18] leaves of plates ([9] folded) : illustrations, portrait ; 40 cm (fol.)

Other Title:

Musaeum celeberrimum

Collegii Rom. Soc: Jesu Musaeum

Fingerprint:

rao- s-nc ntq; seca (3) 1678 (R)

Place of Publication:

Amstelodami : Ex Officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, anno MDCLXXVIII [1678]

Notes:

"Some copies: title-page line 2: Societatus"--STCN.

Engraved illustrated title leaf reads: Collegii Rom. Soc: Jesu Musaeum. ... Amstelodami. Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana Anno MDCLXXVIII.

Signatures: *⁴ A-I⁴.

Engraved plates (illustrations and portrait); engraved illustrations in text.

Woodcut title vignette, illustrations, initials and tail-pieces.

Text printed primarily in double columns with printed marginalia.

Dedication by Athanasius Kircher, dated 25 January 1678, on leaf *3.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Bound with: Athanasii Kircheri è Societ, Jesu, Sphinx mystagoga, sive, Diatribe hieroglyphica.

Kislak Center copy has manuscript sketches in pencil on front pastedown and front free endpaper.

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Liber Antiquus.

Kislak Center copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.

Kislak Center copy bound in full 17th-century calf; boards triple-ruled in blind; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title ("KIRCHER COLLEGII ROMANVM ET SPHINX") stamped in gold on spine; all edges red.

Cited in:

Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, IV, 1076

Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, IV, 21

Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, III, 396

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 3399

Caillet, A.L. Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes, 5784

STCN 843473002

Constituent Unit:

Container of (manifestation): Athanasii Kircheri è Societ, Jesu, Sphinx mystagoga, sive, Diatribe hieroglyphica

OCLC:

29110670

Bound With:

Kislak Center copy bound with: Athanasii Kircheri è Societ, Jesu, Sphinx mystagoga, sive, Diatribe hieroglyphica.