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Title Description
Title
Title page
:
China monumentis, qua sacris quà profanis [...] illustrata
Author
Title page
:
Athanasius Kircherus
[Kircher, Athanasius]
Publication
Title page
:
apud Jacobum à Meurs
[Meurs, van, Jacobus]
Title page
:
Antwerpiæ
[Antwerp]
1667
Document
:
apud Iohannem Ianszonium à Waesberge et viduam Elizei Weyerstraet
[Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes I & Sara Janssonius]
Document
:
Amstelodami
[Amsterdam]
(1667)
Language
Latin [Target language]
Analytical Information
Medium
Paper
Physical description
2°
*-2*
4
A-2H
4
(and 20 engravings, 3 folding tables and 2 folding maps)
[1], [1 blank], [14], 237, [11] p.
Number
Fingerprint 166702 - # a1 *3 ic : # a2 2*3 &$C - # b1 A st : # b2 2H2 bid.$ci
Note
The type area of the engraved title page measures 285 x 182 mm (f. *1 recto)
The type area of the typographical title page measures 265 x 165 mm (f. *2 recto)
20 lines of roman type measure 95 mm (f. H1 verso)
The Amsterdam imprint is found on the engraved titlepage
Bibliographic reference
: Begheyn, P. Jesuit Books in the Dutch Republic nr. 1667.7 (unrecorded variant). The Folger copy has the engraved title page with the Amsterdam imprint and the typographical title page with the Antwerp imprint and a colophon (f. 2H4 verso) reading: 'Juxta exemplar Romæ, typis Varesii. Superiorum permissu.'
Sheet count
: 66
Other databases
STCN 0843060670
Keywords
Subject
History: Asia
Geography,cartography and demography
Typography
Illustrations on the title page/in the prelims
Portrait of the author on the title page/in the prelims
Illustrations outside collation (prelims excepted)
Map outside collation (prelims excepted)
Other illustrations within collation (prelims excepted)
Author's book list
Typeface Roman
Typeface: other
Engraved title page
Typographical title page
Images
Page
KUL-C RB16772 (f. *1 recto): Engraved title page
KUL-C RB16772 (f. *2 recto): Typographical title page
KUL-C RB16772 (f. *3 recto): fingerprint a1
KUL-C RB16772 (f. 2*3 recto): fingerprint a2
KUL-C RB16772: Portrait of the author on title page or in the prelims
KUL-C RB16772 (f. A1 recto): fingerprint b1
KUL-C RB16772 (f. 2H2 recto): fingerprint b2
Available Copies
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FOLGER
174-732f
Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC, US)
Rare books: Reference only
With inserted engravings after f. 2*4 (author's portrait), A1 (2 folding maps), B2, F1 (2), G3, K1, O4 (4), P1 (3), R3, R4, S2, V1, X1 (4), 2A3 an 2D3
Early calf binding (rebacked)
Library shelf mark on flyleaf: 'A. XI. a. 11.'
KUL-BC
RB16772
KU Leuven Libraries - Special Collections
Rare books: Reference only
With 20 engravings, 3 folding tables and 2 folding maps outside collation
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