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WILKINS, John. Mathematical Magick: or, the Wonders that may be performed by Mechanical Geometry, London: Edward Gellibrand, 1680. Small 8°, engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved and woodcut illustrations, 4 full-page (lightly browned and spotted throughout), 18th-century calf-backed boards (head of spine chipped, joints cracking at head, extremities rubbed and scuffed); Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun's copy with his signature (cropped) at head of title. Wing W2200.
Wilkins' summary of practical mechanics is "a short book, a compendium of knowledge otherwise only available in large, expensive volumes in Latin rather than the vernacular" (DSB).
Wilkins' summary of practical mechanics is "a short book, a compendium of knowledge otherwise only available in large, expensive volumes in Latin rather than the vernacular" (DSB).
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