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Athanase Kircher — 阿塔納修斯·基歇爾 《中國圖說》初版 阿姆斯特丹 范威阿斯貝格及維耶斯特拉滕 1667年
Athanase Kircher

阿塔納修斯·基歇爾 《中國圖說》初版 阿姆斯特丹 范威阿斯貝格及維耶斯特拉滕 1667年

This is the first edition of Athanase Kircher's 'China Illustrated' (《中國圖說》), published in Amsterdam in 1667 by van Waesberge and Weyerstraeten. This important historical document represents early European engagement with and documentation of Chinese culture and geography.

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Athanase Kircher, 阿塔納修斯·基歇爾 《中國圖說》初版 阿姆斯特丹 范威阿斯貝格及維耶斯特拉滕 1667年

This is the first edition of Athanase Kircher's 'China Illustrated' (《中國圖說》), published in Amsterdam in 1667 by van Waesberge and Weyerstraeten. This important historical document represents early European engagement with and documentation of Chinese culture and geography.

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Cultural, Educational, Monochrome, Cartography, Historical, Book, Narrative, German, Engraving, Seventeenth Century