KIRCHER (Athanasius). Physiologia Kircheriana experimentalis qua summa argumentorum multitudine et varietate naturalium rerum scientia per experimenta physica, mathematica, medica, chymica, musica, magnetica, mechanica comprobatur... redegit Romae Joannes Stephanus Kestlerus. Amsterdam, Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1680. folio, ivory vellum, framed with gilt fillets, red edges (Binding of the period). Engraved illustrated frontispiece, 3 ff (printed title, dedication, preface) 248 pp, 4 ff. table. First edition, published in the year of Father Kircher's death by his pupil Stephan Kestler. It is a prompt summary of the work of the omniscient Jesuit in all fields: physics, chemistry, medicine, music, acoustics, magnetism, alchemy, mechanics, flying machines, magic lanterns, etc. Numerous illustrations on wood or copper in the text. A fine, fresh copy in its original binding. Krivatsy, 6404 - Caillet, 5796 - Garrison & Morton, 580 - Dunnhaupt, II, 1015.