01723cam a2200337 i 4500 016973145 EG-ScBUE 20240417101913.0 141023s2015 enka f b 001 0 eng d 9780500291740 (paperback) StDuBDS eng rda StDuBDS Uk EG-ScBUE 943.04092 GOD 22 Godwin, Joscelyn, author. 41944 Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world / Joscelyn Godwin. First paperback edition. London : Thames & Hudson, 2015. 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm rdacontent text txt unmediated rdamedia n volume nc rdacarrier Originally published: 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: Interesting times -- Kircher's life and work : an overview -- Frontispieces -- The illustration of Kircher's works -- Antiquity misread -- Antiquity preserved -- Antiquity imagined -- Naturalia : fire and water -- Naturalia : air and earth -- Music -- Machines of past and present -- Machines : magnetic and optical -- Maps and plans -- Exotica -- Images of the gods -- Didactic images -- Athanasius Kircher's writings. "A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man." Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 Criticism and interpretation. BUEsh Illustration of books Germany 17th century. BUEsh Germany Intellectual life 17th century. BUEsh HHUUEENN Reading book ddc BB 27010 26982 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2018-11-18 Purchase 580.00 0 943.04092 GOD 000043980 2025-07-15 00:00:00 BB