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FRACASTORO, Girolamo (1478-1553). Homocentrica eiusdem de causis criticorum dierum per eaquae in nobis sunt. Venice: [no publisher], 1538.
Small 4° (200 x 148mm). Woodcut portrait of the author, diagrams, initials. (Title repaired along inner gutter and inner corners renewed, a few small holes in margin, lightly spotted, last gathering lightly browned.) Modern vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: possible erasure below title – some manuscript annotations in margins.
FIRST EDITION. ‘Apart from the intrinsic value of the work, its attempts to solve certain problems in astronomical and terrestrial physics are interesting, as are the studies on refraction. In the course of the latter Fracastoro points out the apparent enlargement and approach of celestial objects (as well as the moon) observed through two superimposed lenses, analogous to the appearance of a body immersed in water, which varies exactly according to the quantity and density of the water itself’ (DSB). Adams F-825; Houzeau and Lancaster I, 2454; Riccardi I, 481-482: ‘Si noti tuttavia che nell’opera del Francastoro contiensi la prima idea del cannocchiale che fu detto Galileiano applicato alla contemplazione degl’astri.’
Small 4° (200 x 148mm). Woodcut portrait of the author, diagrams, initials. (Title repaired along inner gutter and inner corners renewed, a few small holes in margin, lightly spotted, last gathering lightly browned.) Modern vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: possible erasure below title – some manuscript annotations in margins.
FIRST EDITION. ‘Apart from the intrinsic value of the work, its attempts to solve certain problems in astronomical and terrestrial physics are interesting, as are the studies on refraction. In the course of the latter Fracastoro points out the apparent enlargement and approach of celestial objects (as well as the moon) observed through two superimposed lenses, analogous to the appearance of a body immersed in water, which varies exactly according to the quantity and density of the water itself’ (DSB). Adams F-825; Houzeau and Lancaster I, 2454; Riccardi I, 481-482: ‘Si noti tuttavia che nell’opera del Francastoro contiensi la prima idea del cannocchiale che fu detto Galileiano applicato alla contemplazione degl’astri.’
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