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224 - Athanasius Kircher, *Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum, quorum mintes Vulcanii, veluti spiracula quaedam existant*. 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*, arranged in XII books, in which the divine creation 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. A cross-section of the Earth depicting the planet’s interior as a living, fiery system. At the center lies a core of eternal fire (Ignis centralis) that feeds secondary magma cavities and basins through underground channels. The volcanoes dotting the surface are depicted as simple outlets or vents of this immense subterranean igneous system. The plate also illustrates an underground hydrological system that, heated by the central fire, generates ocean currents, tides, and earthquakes. (1) The plate is intact with its original margins; the vertical binding fold in the center is open at the top for a short distance. At the upper edge, there are a few short tears and a minor loss. Slight signs of wear.
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Athanasius Kircher, *Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum, quorum mintes Vulcanii, veluti spiracula quaedam existant*. 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*, arranged in XII books, in which the divine creation 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. A cross-section of the Earth depicting the planet’s interior as a living, fiery system. At the center lies a core of eternal fire (Ignis centralis) that feeds secondary magma cavities and basins through underground channels. The volcanoes dotting the surface are depicted as simple outlets or vents of this immense subterranean igneous system. The plate also illustrates an underground hydrological system that, heated by the central fire, generates ocean currents, tides, and earthquakes. (1) The plate is intact with its original margins; the vertical binding fold in the center is open at the top for a short distance. At the upper edge, there are a few short tears and a minor loss. Slight signs of wear.
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