Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu Itinerarium exstaticum : quo mundi opificium id est cœlestis expansi, siderumque tam errantium, quàm fixorum natura, vires, proprietates, singulorumque compositio & structura, ab infimo telluris globo, vsque ad vltima mundi confinia, per ficti raptus integumentum explorata, noua hypothesi exponitur ad veritatem interlocutoribus Cosmiele et Theodidacto ad .
Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, printed this 1656 Latin treatise on astronomy and cosmology in Rome by Vitalis Mascardi, written as a dialogue for learned readers. Its pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a carved mask with foliage, two openwork cartouche shapes, and a leafy garland, useful for designers seeking decorative header and divider motifs from the period.
