Re: VMs: Kircher's Museum; catalogues by Buonanni

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Xavier,

> I just get an easy access to the two books on the
> Kircher's Museum by Filippo Buonanni, successor of
> Kircher at the Collegio Romano :
> 
>   a.. Musaeum Kircherianum : sive; Musaeum A P.
> Athanasio Kirchero; in Collegio Romano Societatis
> Jesu; Jam pridem incoeptum; Nuper restitutum,
> auctum, descriptum & Iconibus illustratum... Romae,
> G. Plach, 1709 

Very good!
I had been hoping to get a look at this myself
but there is no copy nearby.
The much shorter catalogue made by De Sepi some
decades earlier gives a very brief indication of
the contents of Kircher's library:
- those books written by himself, in great detail
- some indication that he owned many books written
  by others, in many different langauges.
I had hoped that Buonanni would provide more detail,
since it is such a much bigger volume.

> The second book is an extract of the first one, more
> than a reedition. Actually, the books are straight
> catalogues of this famous Wonder Museum. 

 [...]

> ...... These books are great. but
> i saw no information on the content of Kircher's
> library (which was probably not part of the Museum).
> The second book contains some pages on the lifes of
> Kircher and Buonanni and a catalogue of books
> written by Kircher (33) and by Buonanni (13). 

> I am ready to check again these two books on any
> matter, at the request of the list.

The De Sepi catalogue includes a reference to
Kircher's correspondence, in 10 or 12 volumes.
It would be interesting to see if that is also
included in either or both of the newer volumes.

Thanks and kind regards,
         Rene Zandbergen

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