Athanasius Kircher's work "China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis..." was printed in Amsterdam by Joannes Janssonius in 1667.
Sources
- Begegnung mit dem frühneuzeitlichen Japan (blog.dnb.de)
- https://archive.org/details/athanasiikircher00kirc_0 (archive.org)
- http://ricci.bc.edu/books/china-illustrata.html (ricci.bc.edu)
- https://opendata.uni-halle.de/handle/1981185920/88843 (opendata.uni-halle.de)
- https://www.davidbrassrarebooks.com/pages/books/05517/athanasius-kircher/china-monumentis (davidbrassrarebooks.com)
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