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Athanasius Kircher, Latium, 1671

Engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe

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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:47:55
Illustration of a dragon in Athanasius Kircher’s amazing Mundus subterraneus (Amsterdam, 1665). Judg

Illustration of a dragon in Athanasius Kircher’s amazing Mundus subterraneus (Amsterdam, 1665). Judging by the body-to-wing ratio, this beast rarely got off the ground, but it does have lovely, long eyelashes!

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Athanasius Kircher, Mundus subterraneus in XII libros … Amstelodami: Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, anno 1665, Alexander Turnbull Library, fRDut KIRC Mund 1665.


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Tue, 02 Apr 2019 07:52:39
Athanasius Kircher, Sphinx mystagoga, 1676VSRené Magritte, Les surprises et l’océan, 1927

Athanasius Kircher, Sphinx mystagoga, 1676
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René Magritte, Les surprises et l’océan, 1927


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