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223 - Athanasius Kircher, *Systema Ideale quo exprimitur, Aquarum per Canales hydragogos subterraneos ex mari et in montium hydrophylacia protrusio, aquarumque subterrestrium perpyragogos canales concoctus*. Amsterdam: printed by Joannis Janssonii à Waesberge and Elizaei Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 368 × 418 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, compiled in XII books, in which the divine craftsmanship of the subterranean world and the marvelous distribution of nature’s workshops therein [...], first published in Amsterdam in 1664–1665, with subsequent expanded editions in 1668 and 1678. One of the earliest cross-sections of the Earth showing the planet’s interior according to Kircher’s theory, which posits that the Earth is hollow and crisscrossed by a dense network of underground channels: seawater enters the channels (canales hydragogos) and rises toward reservoirs in the mountains (hydrophylacia). It also illustrates the interaction between water and the Earth’s central fire (magma/underground fire via the pyragogos canales), which fuels volcanoes and hot springs. (1) Plate intact with original margins; vertical binding crease in the center, open at the top for a short distance. Slight signs of wear.
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Athanasius Kircher, *Systema Ideale quo exprimitur, Aquarum per Canales hydragogos subterraneos ex mari et in montium hydrophylacia protrusio, aquarumque subterrestrium perpyragogos canales concoctus*. Amsterdam: printed by Joannis Janssonii à Waesberge and Elizaei Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 368 × 418 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, compiled in XII books, in which the divine craftsmanship of the subterranean world and the marvelous distribution of nature’s workshops therein [...], first published in Amsterdam in 1664–1665, with subsequent expanded editions in 1668 and 1678. One of the earliest cross-sections of the Earth showing the planet’s interior according to Kircher’s theory, which posits that the Earth is hollow and crisscrossed by a dense network of underground channels: seawater enters the channels (canales hydragogos) and rises toward reservoirs in the mountains (hydrophylacia). It also illustrates the interaction between water and the Earth’s central fire (magma/underground fire via the pyragogos canales), which fuels volcanoes and hot springs. (1) Plate intact with original margins; vertical binding crease in the center, open at the top for a short distance. Slight signs of wear.
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