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Lot 203

CABEO (NICCOLO)
Philosophia magnetica in qua magnetis natura penitus explicatur, et omnium quae hoc lapide cernuntur causae propriae afferuntur, FIRST EDITION, FIRST (FERRARA) ISSUE, Ferrara, Francesco Succio, 1629

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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CABEO (NICCOLO)

Philosophia magnetica in qua magnetis natura penitus explicatur, et omnium quae hoc lapide cernuntur causae propriae afferuntur, FIRST EDITION, FIRST (FERRARA) ISSUE, letterpress title within wide engraved architectural border (with imprint at foot, slightly rubbed - the printed title not required in this issue), 4 engraved illustrations (one a world map repeated, on p.93 and p.220), numerous woodcut illustrations, small tear at blank fore-margin of title but generally good, crisp copy, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt within raised bands, one gilt morocco lettering label, red sprinkled edges, worn [Ferguson I, p.136; Riccardi I, 205; Wheeler Gift 97], folio (309 x 220mm.), Ferrara, Francesco Succio, 1629

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An important treatise on magnetism, containing the first printed account of electrical repulsion, the discovery of which is traditionally ascribed to Cabeo, professor of Moral Philosophy and Mathematics at Parma. The author discusses William Gilbert's De Magnete (1600), but his work is largely based upon an unpublished work Due trattati sopra la natura, e le qualità della calamita by the Jesuit Leonardo Garzoni (died 1592).

Provenance: Early price note "3L, 7, 10./Cost 4/6' and shelfmark 'VIII.D.6.' on front free endpaper; Royal Meteorogical Society Symons Bequest (1900), bookplate, with note of release dated 1973.

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