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
Edition
LanguageLatin
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
Series
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. 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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