Lot Essay
Contains the earliest theory of aerostatics, chapters on the transmutation of matters, the microscope, etc. Plate I show musical notation as cipher, plate II an airship.
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LANA TERZI, FRANCESCO. Prodromo overo saggio di alcune inventioni nuove premesso all'Arte Maestra, per mostrare li piu reconditi principii della Naturale Filosofia. Brescia: Rizzardi, 1670. 20 engraved plates. Folio, contemporary half calf, mottled boards; last 2 plates laid down. FIRST EDITION. Riccardi I(2), 12-13. Fine large copy.