Mundus Subterraneous
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Overview:
- Title: Mundus Subterraneous
- Author: Athanasius Kircher
- Year: 1665
- Publisher: Janssonius & Weyerstraten
- Pages: [15]+346+[3]+[16]+[5]+487+[4]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Mundus Subterraneous
- Notes:
- Published in 2 volumes, [15]+346+[3]+[16] and [5]+487+[4]. The "[xx]" references in the page count are the copper plate illustrations -- frontispiece + 2 portraits + 20 pages of plates, many double page plates. The "+[16]" are tables. Many additional woodcuts throughout the text.
- The attached picture is of the frontispiece. It should be replaced by a cover image if that becomes available.
- WorldCat contains 25 records for this book. (The search linked to finds 23 of them, along with 5 false hits.)
- Data from OCLC/WorldCat. All of the records have additional detail on the pages and page counts. (They disagree substantially on the number of pages prior to the first numbered page.)
- Additional data from Koller Auctions (Switzerland).