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China illustrata

Athanasius Kircher

China illustrata

by Athanasius Kircher

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Published by Indian University Press, Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla .
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    Places:
  • China
    • Subjects:
    • China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

    • Edition Notes

      Statementby Athanasius Kircher ; translated by Charles D. Van Tuyl from the 1677 original Latin edition.
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsDS708 .K58513 1987
      The Physical Object
      Paginationiv, 228 p., [3] folded leaves of plates :
      Number of Pages228
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL2140968M
      ISBN 100940392240
      LC Control Number88210128
      OCLC/WorldCa17634975

      Title: Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis: qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata Author: Athanasius Kircher (German, –) Date: Geography: Amsterdam: Apud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge, & Elizeum Weyerstraet, Medium: Printed book Dimensions: H: 14 5/8 in. (37 cm). awaited China monumentis illustrata (China Illustrated through its Monuments), they encountered the first of the book’s many drawings, which portrayed the major contributors to the Jesuit enterprise in China.2 The two prominent missionaries Matteo Ricci SJ3 and Johann Adam Schall von Bell SJ4 are depicted presenting a map of the Chinese empire.

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      FIRST EDITION. One of the grandest and most important works on China up to its time, Kircher’s China Illustrata (China, Illustrated Through Its Monuments, Both Sacred and Profane) inaugurated the late 17th-century age of European fascination with China.. This first edition is in Latin; the book was quickly reissued in Dutch, English, and French. Ancient China Simplified – Written in the early s, this book covers the history of China – from its very beginnings to provinces, literature, the Chinese calendar, rulers, and more.: This Is China: The First 5, Years – This book is great for teachers, students, and anyone interested in a basic overview of Chinese history. If you’re planning a trip to China and want to read a.


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China illustrata. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, (OCoLC) Online version: China illustrata. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Athanasius Kircher. Find more information about: OCLC Number: # China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis.

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China monumentis: qua sacris quà profanis nec non variis naturae [et] artis spectaculis aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata Athanasius Kircher Apud Jacobum à Meurs, - China. Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i (Ap – November 8, ), also known by his baptismal name Paul, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Ming dynasty.

Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chinese, including part Born: ApShanghai, Songjiang.

WORK. Design Documentary. China illustrata with sacred and secular monuments, various spectacles of nature and art and other memorabilia by Athanasius Kircher. Published by Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies in Bloomington, Ind.

Written in EnglishPages: China illustrata, Athanasius Kircher., Toronto Public Library. Full Bibliographic Record; Publication information: Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, China Illustrata by Athanasius Kircher | Athanasius Kircher (), Dr.

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China’s so-called ‘ghost cities’ are a hot topic in the media nowadays. The city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is one of the most famous.

Inauthor Wade Shepard published this book about China’s ghost cities. An account of this first journey through Tibet in modern times by a European was published by Athanasius Kircher to whom Grueber had left his journals and charts, which he had supplemented by numerous verbal and written additions ("China illustrata", Amsterdam,).

In the French edition of "China" (Amsterdam, ) is also incorporated a letter of Grueber written to the Duke of Tuscany. A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary. a cross on a small table (essentially an altar) behind them. In Europe this image was first published in Kircher’s China Illustrata.

It now made its away across the English Channel and in the process lost the painting of the Madonna and Child, presumably for reasons of religious.China Illustrata: Amida-Pussa in the sea Collection: Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections Subcollection: Asia Rare Creator: Kircher, Athanasius, Date: ID Number: RMC_ Catalog Record: Work Type: engravings (prints) prints (visual works) Source: China Illustrata Repository.China Illustrata.

Sacred and Secular Monuments, Various Spectacles of Nature and Art and Other Memorabilia. Author: KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS Title: China Illustrata. Sacred and Secular Monuments, Various Spectacles of Nature and Art and Other Memorabilia Publication: Bloomington. Indiana University Asian Studies Research Institute.

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