THE CELEBRATED

MUSEUM,

Of which a great part consists of antiquities, statues,
images, and paintings

By Bequest

OF ALPHONSO DONINI, Secretary of the Senate and People of Rome,
left with generous liberality.

Father Athanasius Kircher, of the Society of Jesus,
enriched it with new and rare inventions, and fitted it out with a great
array of items gifted by the curious of many Princes;

Furthermore, endowed with countless items, at the urging and prayers of many, especially those from abroad and those eager for curious knowledge, he presents it to public light and for the fulfillment of wishes, along with many new machines and things brought from the foreign Indies.

GEORGIUS de SEPIBUS of Valais,
The author’s executor in the construction of machines.

A botanical engraving depicts a flowering shrub or small tree with dense foliage.