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SELVA, Lorenzo (1716-1800). Esposizione delle comuni, e nuove spezie di cannocchiali, telescopj, microscopj, ed altri istrumenti diottrici, catottrici, e catodiottrici perfezionati ed inventati da Domenico Selva. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1761.
8° (181 x 117mm). Title device, 2 folding engraved plates, first and final blank. (Some marginal spotting.) Contemporary cartone alla rustica, uncut (light stains). Provenance: M.F. Michiarce (bookplate on title verso).
FIRST EDITION dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) and commemorating the achievements of Domenico Selva, the author’s father, who had an optical workshop near Piazza San Marco, Venice, producing lenses, telescopes, and microscopes. Riccardi I(ii) 435; Wellcome V, p.85.
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8° (181 x 117mm). Title device, 2 folding engraved plates, first and final blank. (Some marginal spotting.) Contemporary cartone alla rustica, uncut (light stains). Provenance: M.F. Michiarce (bookplate on title verso).
FIRST EDITION dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) and commemorating the achievements of Domenico Selva, the author’s father, who had an optical workshop near Piazza San Marco, Venice, producing lenses, telescopes, and microscopes. Riccardi I(ii) 435; Wellcome V, p.85.
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