Subject: Chinese language--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800

China monumentis, quà sacris quà profanis ... [China illustrata]
AuthorKircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
PlaceAmstelodami
Publisherapud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet
CollectionRouleau Archives
LanguageLatin
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
ShelfDigital Archives, Rare Book Folio
Call NumberDS708.K58 1667
Description8 p. l., 237, [11] p. : ill., 23 plates, map ; 37 cm.
Note

Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis, qvà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturæ & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi roman. imper ...
Added t.p., engraved. "Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero ... editorum": 2 p. at end.

Monumenti syro-sinici interpretatio.--De variis itineribus in Chinam susceptis.--De idololatria ex Occidente primùm in Persidem, Indiam ac deinde in ultimas Orientis, Tartariæ, Chinæ, Japponiæ regiones successivâ propagatione introducta.--China curiosis naturæ & artis miraculis illustrata.--De architectonica cæterisque mechanicis artibus Sinensium.--De Sinensium literatura.

Library copy markings (B[ibliotheca] M[ajor] ZKW M11).
N.B. Library copy missing two important engravings, those of Schall and of Ricci & Xu Guangqi. Pages 11-14 also missing, including the engraving of the Nestorian stele 景教碑 that is supposed to follow p. 12. Bindery note inserted indicates missing sheets.

The full text of China monumentis is available online on several websites.
See ECHO website
See also: Internet Archive
See also: Beyond Ricci (as China Illustrata)

For complete bibliographic information see Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).
Local access digital pdf. [Kircher-China monumentis.pdf]

See also Hathi Trust

 

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