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

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

It would be nice to track down Kircher's library. I can imagine copies of
missing pages from the VMs neatly tucked away in a dusty footlocker
somewhere deep within the catacombs of a European castle.

Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Zandbergen" <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: VMs: Kircher's Museum; catalogues by Buonanni


> 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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