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Frontispiece from Turris Babel, sive Archontologia
Jan van Munnickhuysen (mentioned on object), 1679
A frontispiece or engraved title page usually contains a blank space for the title of the book. In this design, the title field, reserved in the standard, is fairly small. The author of this book Athanasius Kircher, a German monk, tried to reconstruct the facts regarding the Tower of Babel and gain an understanding the universal language that must have once existed.
- Artwork typeprint, titelpagina
- Object numberRP-P-OB-23.760
- Dimensionsheight 321 mm x width 217 mm
- Physical characteristicsgravure