45 - Astronomy - Kircher, Athanasius. *Iter extaticum coeleste*, in which the structure of the world—that is, the celestial expanse and the stars, both wandering and fixed—is explored... This second edition, illustrated with prefaces and scholia ... by Fr. Gaspare Schotto ... Includes the same author’s *Iter exstaticum terrestre* and *Synopsis mundi subterranei*. With a copper-engraved title page, 1 full-page copper-engraved coat of arms, and 12 copper plates. Würzburg, Endter, 1660. 11 leaves, 689 pp., 9 leaves. 21.5 x 17 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (covers stained).

Astronomy - Kircher, Athanasius. *Iter extaticum coeleste*, in which the structure of the world—that is, the celestial expanse and the stars, both wandering and fixed—is explored... This second edition, illustrated with prefaces and scholia ... by Fr. Gaspare Schotto ... Includes the same author’s *Iter exstaticum terrestre* and *Synopsis mundi subterranei*. With a copper-engraved title page, 1 full-page copper-engraved coat of arms, and 12 copper plates. Würzburg, Endter, 1660. 11 leaves, 689 pp., 9 leaves. 21.5 x 17 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (covers stained). VD17 23:292575L - Caillet 5775 - Dünnhaupt 12.I.2 - Merrill 12 and 14. - Second edition of Kircher’s fictional journeys through the universe, edited by Caspar Schott. - “The astronaut Theodidactus is accompanied by the angel Cosmiel to the Moon, the planets, and the stars, and in this way is introduced to the entirety of contemporary astrological and cosmological knowledge.” (Dünnhaupt). - The copperplate title page features a depiction of the author accompanied by the angel Cosmiel. The copperplate engravings depict, among other things, the planetary system, the lunar surface, lunar phases, sunspots, the surface of Jupiter, and Saturn with its rings. The appendix (beginning on p. 513) also serves as an introduction to Kircher’s *Mundus subterraneus*. - Endpapers and copperplate title page are somewhat stained; the lower and outer margins show moisture stains in places. *