| Item Description: | Signatures: )(² A-Z⁴ Aa-Yy⁴ Zz² [sec.]⁴ Engraved title page; initials; head and tail pieces. Imprint date at end of preface, expressed as chronogram: Me ergo frVere aC DIV VaLe. First edition cited by Backer-Sommervogel. It is sometimes assigned an earlier date, but this is probably due to a misreading of the chronogram. The author statement is in letter-press, added to the engraved title page; it is apparently not found on all copies. "Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesv Diatribe de prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quàm res alias, non pridem post ultimum incendium Vesuvij Montis, Neapoli comparuerunt": p. [307]-363. Includes index. |
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| Physical Description: | [4], 363, [9] p., 22 leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. (engravings) ; 22 cm. (4to) |