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Auction 206, Lot 51
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"Typus Corporis Lunaris Panselini, una cum Maculis, Faculis, Montibus...", Kircher, Athanasius

Subject: Moon

Period: 1682 (circa)

Publication: Mundus Subterraneus…

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.9 x 14.2 inches
32.8 x 36.1 cm
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This marvelous engraving is an early view of the moon graphically depicting its craters based on the observations of Kircher and Christoph Scheiner in 1636 and 1650. Putti in a cloud background hold aloft the banner-style title cartouche. Kircher's masterpiece, titled Mundus Subterraneus (The Underground World), was the first serious effort to describe the physical makeup of the earth, proposing theories (sometimes fantastic) in the areas of physics, geography, geology, and chemistry.

References: De Vorsey (Mercator's World) Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 28-31.

Condition: A

Issued folding on a bright sheet of watermarked paper with a bit of printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $800 - $950

Sold for: $700

Closed on 11/12/2025

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