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CABEO, Nicolo (1586-1650). Philosophia magnetica in qua magnetis natura penitus explicatur, et omnium quae hoc lapide cernuntur causae propriae afferuntur. Ferrara: Francesco Succio, 1629.
2° (323 x 222mm). Engraved title, 4 engravings, including a world map (repeated), woodcut text illustrations, woodcut historiated initials, complete with the letterpress title with Cologne imprint; variant title with two lines of text above the author's name, and the shield with Jesuit emblem and with a surmount. (Marginal chip to L1, short marginal tear to R1, Nn1 misbound between Ll6 and Mm1, faint dampstaining to a few gatherings at end.) Later polished calf (endpapers renewed).
FIRST EDITION of Cabeo's publication on electrical repulsion, 'perhaps the most significant discovery of the century following Gilbert' (Wolf). Ferguson I, 136; Riccardi I, 205; Wheeler Gift 97.
2° (323 x 222mm). Engraved title, 4 engravings, including a world map (repeated), woodcut text illustrations, woodcut historiated initials, complete with the letterpress title with Cologne imprint; variant title with two lines of text above the author's name, and the shield with Jesuit emblem and with a surmount. (Marginal chip to L1, short marginal tear to R1, Nn1 misbound between Ll6 and Mm1, faint dampstaining to a few gatherings at end.) Later polished calf (endpapers renewed).
FIRST EDITION of Cabeo's publication on electrical repulsion, 'perhaps the most significant discovery of the century following Gilbert' (Wolf). Ferguson I, 136; Riccardi I, 205; Wheeler Gift 97.
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