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116

Manoscritto - Scienza

Manuscript studies of Physics, Mechanics, Geometry, Natural History and Sacred Sciences, 1750

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 1.700

Sold

€ 1.806

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Information

Paper manuscript of hundreds of pages, written by a single hand in Latin, datable to the end of the 17th century - mid-18th century, 265 x 200 mm., divided into various sections, corrections in the text and additions in the margins, numerous scientific drawings in the margins, the last leaves worn on the lower white margin without loss of text, 19th century full brown leather binding with title on the spine, in gold letters. 

Specialist Notes

Incipit: "Dissertatio 8.a De Elementis Aere Igne Aqua ac Terra"; the final part contains a "Tractatus de Sacramentis".
INTRIGING LATE 17TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPT, a working copy given the quantity of corrections, revisions, additions in the margins and in the body of the writing, richly illustrated with geometric figures , physical, mechanical etc. An author is not identified but several are cited in the text, including Niccolò Cabeo (1586-1650), Jesuit philosopher, famous mathematician, engineer and physicist.
Everything to be studied.

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