Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the world - Joscelyn Godwin
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Athanasius Kircher (1602-80) was acknowledged to be the most learned man of his age. By profession a Jesuit priest, he made himself an authority on every subject under (and above) the sun and published the results of his researches in over thirty lavishly illustrated volumes in Latin. His museum in Rome was famous and visited by everybody in the world of learning. Inevitably, his work has been superseded in most areas of study, but he remains a key figure in the history of ideas and in recent years there ha...
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"The last man who knew everything."
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2015 Uitgever: Thames Hudson 304 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte: 280x252 ISBN-10: 0500291748 ISBN-13: 9780500291740Koop dit boek tweedehands
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