TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-1647). Lezioni accademiche. Florence: Jacopo Guiducci, 1715. 4° (270 x 19mm). Half-title, engraved portrait after Pietro Anichini, engraved printer's device on title, two small text woodcuts. 18th-century vellum (a little soiled). Provenance: Francesco Canal (ownership inscription dated 1729).

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TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-1647). Lezioni accademiche. Florence: Jacopo Guiducci, 1715. 4° (270 x 19mm). Half-title, engraved portrait after Pietro Anichini, engraved printer's device on title, two small text woodcuts. 18th-century vellum (a little soiled). Provenance: Francesco Canal (ownership inscription dated 1729).

FIRST EDITION of Torricelli's twelve unpublished lectures relating mainly to physics, and including discussions of impact, wind, and military architecture. Carli-Favaro 103 (428); Cinti 320 (169); Dibner Heralds of Science 149; Norman II 762 (2088); Riccardi II 544 ('raro').

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