Musurgia universalis - Kircher, Athanasius 1602-1680 (Rome Corbelletti, 1650)
Tomus I, Libr.I-VII -- Tomus II, Libr. VIII-X
Printed in c. 1500 copies, with one sent to every Jesuit college, 300 given to Jesuits coming to Rome for the election of a new Superior-General, and 352 distributed throughout Europe
Contains an index
Sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in X libros digesta. Quà Universa Sonorum doctrina, & Philosophia, Musicæque tam Theoricæ, quam practicæ scientia, summa varietate traditur; admirandæ Consoni, & Dissoni in mundo, adeòque Universà Naturà vires effectusque, uti nova, ita peregrina variorum speciminum exhibitione ad singulares usus, tum in omni pœnè facultate, tum potissimùm in Philologià, Mathematicà, Physicà, Mechanicà, Medicinà, Politicà, Metaphysicà, Theologià, aperiuntur & demonstrantur.
Keywords: Jesuits; 17th Century (1601-1700); Music theory; Music philosophy and esthetics; Latin