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Magnetismo - Alence, Joachim de

Traitté de l'aiman. Divisé en deux parties. La prémiére contient les experiences; & the second les raisons que l'on en peut rendre., 1694

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Liege, s.e., 1691. In 4th. With 34 numbered engravings, of which the first unnumbered and signed J.P. Aubry, light browning, more intense in the first installments, woodworm work on the white margin of some papers which marginally affects the mirror of the engravings n. 16-19, coeval binding in calfskin, plates framed by a frame engraved in gold with double fillet, title within a gusset on the smooth spine with embossed gold friezes, abrasions, small gaps.

Specialist Notes

Treatise on magnetism and the study of its applications, including the compass, first printed in 1687.