Lot 320
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KIRCHER, ARITHMOLOGIA SIVE DE ABDITIS NUMERORUM MYSTERIIS, ROME, 1665, CONTEMPORARY VELLUM

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3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Arithmologia sive de abditis numerorum mysteriis. Rome: Varese, 1665
FIRST EDITION, 4to (237 x 175mm.), engraved frontispiece, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, 3 folding printed tables, one printed in red and black and with an engraving pasted to verso, contemporary vellum, green silk ties, modern folding cloth box

Provenance

Antonius Biderman, 1654, engraved bookplate on verso of frontispiece; Furstliche Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen, two stamps (Fürstenberg Library, Donaueschingen); bought from Walter Alicke, Interlibrum Buchantiquariat, Vaduz, 1986

Literature

Tomash & Williams K45; Dünnhaupt p.2341 no. 18.1; Merrill, 19

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

A FINE COPY WITH A GOOD PROVENANCE OF THIS WORK ON NUMEROLOGY.