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CASATI, Paolo (1617-1707). Terra machinis mota euisque gravitas et dimensio. Rome: Corbelletti, 1655.
2° (294 x 209mm). Final blank, engraved armorial vignette on title, woodcut text-illustrations, initials, head- and tailpieces, typographic ornaments. (2 tears to final text leaf, both partially repaired and affecting just a few letters, 2 ink stains to recto of G1, occasional light browning.) Later limp vellum (extremities rubbed). Provenance: 17th-century ink inscription on title -- removed stamp on title.
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Casati's theory of machines and gravity. NO COPY CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION - only the second, enlarged edition of 1658 is reported by ABPC and RBH. Riccardi 1, 270.
2° (294 x 209mm). Final blank, engraved armorial vignette on title, woodcut text-illustrations, initials, head- and tailpieces, typographic ornaments. (2 tears to final text leaf, both partially repaired and affecting just a few letters, 2 ink stains to recto of G1, occasional light browning.) Later limp vellum (extremities rubbed). Provenance: 17th-century ink inscription on title -- removed stamp on title.
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Casati's theory of machines and gravity. NO COPY CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION - only the second, enlarged edition of 1658 is reported by ABPC and RBH. Riccardi 1, 270.
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