Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum Cujus Magnum Antiquariae Rei Statuarum
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First edition
Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberge, 1678. First edition of the first catalogue of the Museo Kircheriano at the Roman College, a detailed inventory of Kircher’s cabinet of curiosities of Chinese and Egyptian antiquities, scientific instruments, optical devices and ancient musical instruments. It also housed numerous instruments and machines of his
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