Auction 2 Part 2
Art, rare books and manuscripts - part 2
By Van de Wiele Auctions
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Oct 19, 2024
Groeninge 34, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Auction Friday 18.10.2024
10 am N° 001-217
1.30 pm N° 218-666
Auction Saturday 19.10.2024
10 am N° 667-883
1.30 pm N° 884-1272
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LOT 1027:
KIRCHER, Athanase SJ
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Sold for: €700
Start price:
€
280
Estimated price :
€280 - €360
Buyer's Premium: 26%
VAT: 6%
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KIRCHER, Athanase SJ
Toonneel van China, Door veel, Zo Geestelijke als Werreltlijke, Geheugteekenen, Verscheide Vertoningen van de Natuur en Kunst, en Blijken van veel andere Gedenkwaerdige dingen, geopent en verheerlykt... en van J.H. Glazemaker vertaalt. Met een groot getal van Kunstige Kopere Platen verçiert
Amsterdam
Janssonius van Waesberge
1668
Ref. Lust 39 ; Cordier Sinica 26 ; Tiele 137. Monumental work on China by the German Jesuit scholar Kircher (1602-1680). First & only edition of the Dutch translation by J.H. Glazemaker. "one of the most influential books in shaping the European conception of China in its day"
In-folio (38 x 25 cm), [xii]- 286- [10] pp. Engraved allegorical title page (dated 1667), illustrated with 20 (of 24) plates (2 double maps, costumes, Oriental script specimina, natural history, etc.), over 50 copper engraving i.t. Lacking pp. 141-142, 161-162, 175-178, 225-226, 237-238. Poor copy, brown stain until p. 50 (worse at the engraved title), (marginal) tears, tear with loss in the plate after p. 16. Contemporary vellum binding, spine torn, stains, soiled. Not subject to return
