Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum
by Kircher Athanasius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Cologne: Jodocus Kalcoven, 1643. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Early blind tooled English calf, rebacked, rubbed at edges, corners a little bumped, endpapers and title browned at the edges from the leather turn ins, old ownership marks to front blank, scattered mostly minor browning and staining to pages,a few marginal notes in an early hand, scattered brown spots and a few tiny holes from reading too close by candlelight, lacking the extra engraved title (as often), with 29 plates and 178 text engravings. [28], 797, [39] pp. Ferguson I, 370, Graesse IV 21.
One of the most interesting works by the great polymath, Kircher here discusses not only magnetism in its many incarnations, but automatons, tarantulas, and, famously, the attraction of a sunflower to the sun. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Physics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045564.
One of the most interesting works by the great polymath, Kircher here discusses not only magnetism in its many incarnations, but automatons, tarantulas, and, famously, the attraction of a sunflower to the sun. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Physics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045564.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045564
- Title
- Magnes Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum
- Author
- Kircher Athanasius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jodocus Kalcoven
- Place of Publication
- Cologne
- Date Published
- 1643
- Keywords
- Science & Technology; Physics; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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