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KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. Turris Babel. 12 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, including views of the Tower of Babel, Babylon, and Nineveh; 7
KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. Turris Babel. 12 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, including views of the Tower of Babel, Babylon, and Nineveh; 7 full-page and 6 text illustrations; folding map of the region south of Ararat. [16], 219, [13] pages, including engraved additional title by Gerard de Lairesse. Some use of Arabic, Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, and Samaritan types. Folio, contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled and discolored; contents toned. Amsterdam: Officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1679
- Notes: first edition of a compilation of Kircher's researches into the biblical account of the Tower of Babel, his speculations on its construction, and on the origin and diversity of tongues. Alden 679/77 (for brief account of languages of America); Caillet 5795; Merrill, page xxxv.
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