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1007 ITALIEN. - Neapel. - Kircher, Athanasius. Diatribe, de prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuvij montis Neapoli comparuerunt. Rom, Vitale Mascardi für Blasius Deversin, 1661. 8°. 4 Bll., 103 SS., 2 (st. 1) gef. Kupfertaf. Pgt. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: (800,- €) De Backer/S. IV, 1059, 18: "petit volume très rare"; Brunet III, 667: "volume rare"; Ebert 11398: "Selten"; Graesse IV, 21: "pièce très rare"; Merrill 16; Wellcome III, 395; nicht in der Libreria Vinciana, bei Ackermann, Caillet, Dorbon-Ainé, Honeyman, Jouin/D., Poggend., Rosenthal usw., kein Exemplar im Jahrbuch der Auktionspreise 1950-2001. - Erste Ausgabe. - "This is the first edition of... one of the rarest of Kircher's works. Kircher attempts to explain the uncanny appearance of crosses on clothing and other objects immediately after an eruption of Vesuvius. He begins by discussing the history of similar appearances and the nature of miracles in general. God, he says, works by natural means, and miracles can therefore be explained rationally. Kircher maintains that the crosses are the result of a mixture of minerals and vapors reacting with the sun's light upon certain materials. Nevertheless, he argues, the crosses are a portent from God warning the people to repent. This approach is an excellent illustration of Kircher's position between the two worlds of the seventeenth century, the scientific and the orthodox" (Merrill). - Die Kupfertaf. ist doppelt eingebd. Kaum gebräunt oder fleckig, Tit. mit Besitzverm. des Ingolstädter Jesuitenkollegs v. 1662. Zuschlag: 1.500,- € " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand 1982 SOTH 1406/203 900,- Pp. - Wasserfl. - £ 240 1996 CHRI 0910/100 650,- Pgt. d. Zt. - Gebräunt u. fleckig, Taf. eingerissen, einige Marginalien. - $ 420
1007 ITALIEN. - Neapel. - Kircher, Athanasius. Diatribe, de prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuvij montis Neapoli comparuerunt. Rom, Vitale Mascardi für Blasius Deversin, 1661. 8°. 4 Bll., 103 SS., 2 (st. 1) gef. Kupfertaf. Pgt. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: (800,- €) De Backer/S. IV, 1059, 18: "petit volume très rare"; Brunet III, 667: "volume rare"; Ebert 11398: "Selten"; Graesse IV, 21: "pièce très rare"; Merrill 16; Wellcome III, 395; nicht in der Libreria Vinciana, bei Ackermann, Caillet, Dorbon-Ainé, Honeyman, Jouin/D., Poggend., Rosenthal usw., kein Exemplar im Jahrbuch der Auktionspreise 1950-2001. - Erste Ausgabe. - "This is the first edition of... one of the rarest of Kircher's works. Kircher attempts to explain the uncanny appearance of crosses on clothing and other objects immediately after an eruption of Vesuvius. He begins by discussing the history of similar appearances and the nature of miracles in general. God, he says, works by natural means, and miracles can therefore be explained rationally. Kircher maintains that the crosses are the result of a mixture of minerals and vapors reacting with the sun's light upon certain materials. Nevertheless, he argues, the crosses are a portent from God warning the people to repent. This approach is an excellent illustration of Kircher's position between the two worlds of the seventeenth century, the scientific and the orthodox" (Merrill). - Die Kupfertaf. ist doppelt eingebd. Kaum gebräunt oder fleckig, Tit. mit Besitzverm. des Ingolstädter Jesuitenkollegs v. 1662. Zuschlag: 1.500,- € " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand 1982 SOTH 1406/203 900,- Pp. - Wasserfl. - £ 240 1996 CHRI 0910/100 650,- Pgt. d. Zt. - Gebräunt u. fleckig, Taf. eingerissen, einige Marginalien. - $ 420