
This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO Essayes of Natural Experiments Made in the Academie del Cimento, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION IN ENGLISH, Benjamin Alsop, 1684
Sold for £600 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot

ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO
Footnotes
Richard Waller's translation of Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento (1667) was sponsored by the Royal Society of London. The Accademia, founded in Florence in 1657 (three years before the Royal Society), was established to perform experiments intended to advance the work of Galileo. The work includes descriptions of the first true thermometers and hygrometers, experiments on the velocity of sound, the expansion of water on freezing, and Toricelli's experiment on the barometer and air pressure - which was a major influence on Robert Boyle's New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of Air.
Provenance: "James Aitkin his book", eighteenth century inscription on plate 15. See illustration overleaf.
Saleroom notices
Rebacked preserving most of original spine



![ADVERTISING POSTERfor 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%252Flive%252F2025-06%252F25%252F25680656-116-1.jpg%26width%3D650&w=2400&q=75)
![ILLUMINATED ADDRESS – CLARA CODD Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%252Flive%252F2025-06%252F25%252F25680656-32-1.jpg%26width%3D650&w=2400&q=75)
![MUSIC & RECORDINGS – ETHEL SMYTH Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%252Flive%252F2025-10%252F09%252F25680656-99-1.jpg%26width%3D650&w=2400&q=75)
