MUSSCHENBROEK, Pieter van. Introductio ad philosphiam naturalem, Padua: Joannes Manfrè, [1768], 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST ITALIAN EDITION, printer's divice on titles, 64 folding engraved plates, one folding engraved map (3 letters on first title obscured by adhesion, volume II dampstained mainly affecting text and margins of a few plates), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities bumped). [Wheeler Gift Catalogue 312C (with an apparently erroneous plate count)]
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MUSSCHENBROEK, Pieter van. Introductio ad philosphiam naturalem, Padua: Joannes Manfrè, [1768], 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST ITALIAN EDITION, printer's divice on titles, 64 folding engraved plates, one folding engraved map (3 letters on first title obscured by adhesion, volume II dampstained mainly affecting text and margins of a few plates), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities bumped). [Wheeler Gift Catalogue 312C (with an apparently erroneous plate count)]
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The last and fullest collection of Musschenbroek's lectures and experiments to be pubished.