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Germany 8 coins material: silver 1 mark mark mark kircher mark f hindenburg 3 mark otto bayern 4 gr fridricus wilhelm prussen 1/12 thaler fridricus prussen 2 1/2 silber groshen a fridr, wilhelm prussen please have a look at the photos to get your own impression
71 €
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Germany 10 coins material: silver 1 mark mark mark kircher mark e hindenburg 3 mark wilhelm prussen 1/6 thaler wilhelm 1/6 thaler ernst august (unc)5 mark thaler a1/2 gulden leopold baden please have a look at the photos to get your own impression
57 €
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In this work kircher analyses the internal structure of earth and its waters and streams sheet size 24x37 cm read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesource “mundus subterraneus” one of the most renowned works of the great jesuit, author of many works about every field of human knowledgeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiengraving depicting an underground canal between gulf of bothnia and norwegian seadepicting the gulf streamthe sheet has slight signs of oxidationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
83 €
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The work contains sections of astronomy, astrology, chronography, geography, mechanics, optics, hydrostatics, military fortification, etccoeval full parchment hardcover; spine with 5 raised bands with handwritten author, title and placement number; red edgesthis is followed by 24 unnumbered pages, including the cover page; 660 numbered pages; 56 unnumbered pages of indexes; inside, 42 tipped-in plates, engraved on a single page and folded, of scientific iconography: armillary spheres, constellations, celestial orbits, meridians, solar clocks, fortification systems, fountains, geometric dial, flat and linear figuresfor schott, arithmetic and geometry were the tools for the beginner in order to penetrate the sanctuaries of mathematics (mathematicae adyta - adytum, the innermost part of the sanctuary)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the text, numerous mathematical and geometric illustrationsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilatin text on two columnsback in germany, he began a massive publication of his many workson the front counter-plate, handwritten placement number; on the front of the front endpaper, handwritten notes on the text and owner’s note dated blank sheet; a beautiful illustrated frontispiece by andreas frölich; on the plate, leopold i, to whom the work is dedicated, is depicted dressed with great pomp and sitting on the throne at the top of a staircase, in front of him, a crowned female depiction of mathematics offers him the book as a gift; below the scene, a magnificent architecture and astronomical and mathematical symbolsthe author, gaspar schott, was a jesuit and one of the most educated physicists and mathematicians of his timehe lived twenty years in palermo, where he taught mathematics, physics and theology; a pupil of the great kircher, he was his assistant during his stay in romea small defect at the bottom right corner of the frontispiece, far from the engraved part; prevalence of sheets with strong or medium browning, due to the oxidation of the paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewhen in kaspar schott published his "cursus mathematicus", like a good jesuit, he contextualised the work in the religious sphere and addressed both aspects of mathematics or, more specifically, geometry: its great usefulness and religious ideas
285 €