To the most wise man

ALEXANDER FABIANUS

A native of Angelopolis in the New World, distinguished Theologian, Philosopher, and Mathematician, and also the most munificent founder of the Congregation of Secular Priests of CHRIST in the Mexican Kingdom, he wishes happiness.

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER

Of the Society of JESUS.

Decorative woodcut initial "C" containing foliate scrolls and ornate patterns, set within a square border.

Considerer of that admirable marriage between iron and the magnet, most wise man, soon [it came] to my mind