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CAMPANI, Matteo (1620-1678). Nova Experimenta Physico-Mechanica pro demonstranda genuina causa Elevationis Aquae et Mercurii. Rome: Ignatius de Lazaris, 1666.
8° (157 x 99mm). One engraved folding plate. (Light spotting and light browning throughout; some manuscript corrections in an early hand.) Contemporary red morocco, flat spine gilt with an all-over design, the sides centred with the arms of Giacomo Rospigliosi as bishop, and with a wide, richly gilt border, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Giacomo Rospigliosi (1628-1684, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; binding) — cancelled pressmarks.
FIRST EDITION. Campani’s printed dedication is to Pope Alexander VII, but the next year he was succeeded by Clement IX (Giulio Rospigliosi). This copy was bound for Clement’s nephew Giacomo Rospigliosi, who was then bishop but appointed cardinal in 1667. Giacomo’s brother Camillo was general of the Pope’s army. Campani is remembered chiefly for his work in horology and optics, having manufactured the lenses with which Cassini discovered two of Saturn’s satellites.
8° (157 x 99mm). One engraved folding plate. (Light spotting and light browning throughout; some manuscript corrections in an early hand.) Contemporary red morocco, flat spine gilt with an all-over design, the sides centred with the arms of Giacomo Rospigliosi as bishop, and with a wide, richly gilt border, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Giacomo Rospigliosi (1628-1684, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; binding) — cancelled pressmarks.
FIRST EDITION. Campani’s printed dedication is to Pope Alexander VII, but the next year he was succeeded by Clement IX (Giulio Rospigliosi). This copy was bound for Clement’s nephew Giacomo Rospigliosi, who was then bishop but appointed cardinal in 1667. Giacomo’s brother Camillo was general of the Pope’s army. Campani is remembered chiefly for his work in horology and optics, having manufactured the lenses with which Cassini discovered two of Saturn’s satellites.
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