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Gonnelli Casa d'Aste

225 - Athanasius Kircher, *Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in Isthmo America: no in freto Magellanico, caeteris:que Americae littoribus exhibens*. Amsterdam: printed by Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge and Elizaeus Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 368 × 418 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, compiled in XII books, describing 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. The map depicts the Americas with a theoretical and geographical focus on tidal movements (fluxus et refluxus) in the American isthmus and the Strait of Magellan. (1) Complete sheet with original margins; vertical binding fold in the center, open at the top for a short distance. Small tear at the lower margin. Slight signs of wear.

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€340

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€340 - 680

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30%

Athanasius Kircher, *Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in Isthmo America: no in freto Magellanico, caeteris:que Americae littoribus exhibens*. Amsterdam: printed by Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge and Elizaeus Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 368 × 418 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, compiled in XII books, describing 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. The map depicts the Americas with a theoretical and geographical focus on tidal movements (fluxus et refluxus) in the American isthmus and the Strait of Magellan. (1) Complete sheet with original margins; vertical binding fold in the center, open at the top for a short distance. Small tear at the lower margin. Slight signs of wear.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session II
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
Via Fra Giovanni Angelico, 49
50121 Firenze, Italy

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Gonnelli Casa d'Aste +39 0 55 26 82 79 aste@gonnelli.it
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 5,000 lots published

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