Kircher: Iter Exstaticum Coeleste (1660) (1660) - Page 17

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So that Buchonia A historical region in Hesse/Thuringia, Germany; the birthplace of Athanasius Kircher, though but a small corner of the world, may see

That such a Man could be brought forth from her own bosom,

Whom the entire world looks up to,

Both the Learned and the Unlearned,

Provided you except the Envious.

Go now, and examine this Itinerary;

And pray

That for the sake of the Republic of Letters The international community of intellectuals and scholars

They may long live in safety:

KIRCHER AND SCHOTT; Athanasius Kircher and his disciple/editor Gaspar Schott

For whom, from the bottom of his heart, he prays

For eternal preservation.

Father Nicolaus Mohr

Of the Society of Jesus.