$1,680
Accademia del Cimento Saggi di Naturali Esperienze , ed. Lorenzo Magalotti. Florence: Cecchi, 1691. Folio, second edition, title page printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title, with half-title, engraved portrait of Cosimo III, engraved vignettes throughout the text, seventy-five full-page engravings of experiments throughout, occasional light browning, generally good, on substantial paper; bound in contemporary limp parchment. The Accademia del Cimento was an organized scientific society, like the Royal Society in Britain. This collection describes recent experiments made by its members, who were working out theories on the physical properties of air and air pressure, sound velocity, and the behavior of fluids under different conditions.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
