⚠The text on this page consists of mirrored show-through from the title page on the reverse. A library stamp is present on this side, oriented correctly.

THE REVEREND FATHER ATHANASIUS

KIRCHER

THE ROYAL

LIBRARY

OF MUNICH

OF FULDA

Fulda refers to Kircher's birthplace in Germany.

OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS

original: "E Soc. Jesu" — This indicates Kircher was a Jesuit priest.

NEW

PHONURGIA

original: "Phonurgia Nova" — A coined Greek term meaning "New Method of Sound-Production." This was Kircher's seminal 1673 work on acoustics and the science of sound.