John Glassie

Interesting things. Some relate to an interesting person named Athanasius Kircher, or to a book I wrote about him called A Man of Misconceptions. It came out in November of 2012 from Riverhead. Buy it from an independent bookstore. Download it from iTunes, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. More about me here until I figure out the rest.
speciesbarocus:

Joseph Zoller - ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta saCra DeIpara (1712). [x]
> Engraving by J.C. Banawiz.

speciesbarocus:

Joseph Zoller - ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta saCra DeIpara (1712). [x]

> Engraving by J.C. Banawiz.

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archives-dada:


Jean Arp, Sans titre (Mur de l’Atelier André Breton),1920, Gouache et mine graphite sur papier, 23 x 31 cm, Paris Centre Pompidou.

archives-dada:

Jean Arp, Sans titre (Mur de l’Atelier André Breton),1920, Gouache et mine graphite sur papier, 23 x 31 cm, Paris Centre Pompidou.

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lindahall:

A selection of plates from Athanasius Kircher’s 1675 Arca Noe.

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theartofgooglebooks:

Endpapers, four different ways.

From Los Tres Libros de Matheo Maria Boyardo (1581). Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized December 5, 2008. 

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theartofgooglebooks:

Impossible places (plates left folded).

Throughout A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem: at Easter, A.D. 1697 by Henry Maundrell (1749). Original from Princeton University. Digitized February 25, 2011.

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hallucigenesis:

Horizontal Section of the Tooth of a Labyrinthodont from Professor Richard Owen’s “Odontography”
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hallucigenesis:

Horizontal Section of the Tooth of a Labyrinthodont from Professor Richard Owen’s “Odontography”

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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.

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