* The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.'Kircher, Athanasius. Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 2 eng. Titles, 1 eng. Title vignette, 2 engraved portraits, 20 (9 double-sided, 3 folding) copper plates and maps, 7 (6 double-sided) tables, 62 (3 fol.) copper engravings and numerous woodcuts as well as 2 plates in smaller format, one in copper engraving and one in woodcut. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberge, 1665. folio (42 × 26 cm). [14] vols, 346 p., [3] vols, [5] vols, 487 p., [4] vols. Leather binding with blind-stamped centrepieces (capitals, bindings and corners with neatly executed material additions, somewhat scuffed and scratched). Dünnhaupt 2339, 16.1 - De Backer/S. IV, 1060 f. - Caillet 5783 - Duveen 322 - Honeyman 1823 - Hoover 483 - First edition, the first copper title dated 1664 - "Le plus curieux des nombres ouvrages de ce savant". (Caillet). - Kircher's great main work on the interior of the earth, as always with him a mixture of groundbreaking research and fantastic speculation. - The double-page plates show Vesuvius, the moon, the sun, the earth (Neptunian and Plutonian), Mount Etna and a water-lifting machine, while the full-page plates show a solar mirror and astrological man, among other things. Among the mostly hydrographic maps is "the first physical map of the world with an indication of the most important ocean currents" (Dünnhaupt). Also deals in detail with gold and silver mining in the New World (Sabin 37967). - Among the woodcuts on pp. 132, 154 and 156 there are three plates for engraved vol. However, these are not mounted in our copy, but are all bound on an additional plate after p. 156. - Glue stains to endpapers, front inner hinge reinforced, somewhat browned and slightly stained in places. Overall a very good and clean copy. This item marked with * (asterisk) is fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT is charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium for these items. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.