The celebrated museum of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus
Subtitle: a facsimile of the 1678 Amsterdam edition of Giorgio de Sepi's description of Athanasius Kircher's Museum Musæum celeberrimum Collegii Romani Societatis Jesu
By: with a translation of the Latin text by Anastasi Callinicos and Daniel Höhr ; annotated by Jane Stevenson ; edited, with an afterword, by Peter Davidson
Contributors: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680; Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, active 1642-1681, printer of the original edition; Callinicos, Anastasi, translator; Höhr, Daniel, translator; Stevenson, Jane, 1959- annotator; Davidson, Peter, 1957- author of afterword, colophon, etc; O'Malley, John W., donor
Edition: US edition.
Series: Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series -- vol. 13; Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series -- v. 13.
Publisher: St Joseph's University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780916101879; 9780955359248
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Facsimiles; Science; Early works to 1800; Collegio romano. Museo; Collegio romano
Other titles: Museum of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus
Notes: "This facsimile edition of the Musaeum Celeberrimum Collegii Romani Societatis Jesu has been jointly published by St Omers Press, Stonyhurst and Saint Joseph's University Press, Philadelphia"-- Colophon.

Facsimile of 1678 Amsterdam edition.

Originally published: Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musæum celeberrimum, cujus magnum antiquariæ rei, statuarum imaginum, picturarumque partem ex legato Alphonsi Donini, S.P.Q.R., a secretis, munificâ Liberalitate relictum / P. Athanasius Kircherus Soc. Jesu ...Amstelodami, Ex Officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana,  anno MDCLXXVIII.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Gift to Woodstock from John W. O'Malley, Dec. 17, 2015.

Includes a translation from the Latin.