Lot 520
Gilbert (William) De Mundo nostro Sublunari Philosophia nova, first edition, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1651.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Gilbert (William) De Mundo nostro Sublunari Philosophia nova, first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, some light foxing, small stain to title, near contemporary mottled half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with double morocco labels, [Willems 1128], 4to, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1651.
⁂ Posthumously published from a compilation of Gilbert's papers by his half-brother William. The first part is an expansion of his cosmological work in De magnete, which appeared in his lifetime in 1600; while the second part deals with meteorology.
Provenance: Co. Riccati (probably Jacopo Francesco Riccati, the mathematician after whom the Riccati equation is named).
Description
Gilbert (William) De Mundo nostro Sublunari Philosophia nova, first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, some light foxing, small stain to title, near contemporary mottled half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with double morocco labels, [Willems 1128], 4to, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1651.
⁂ Posthumously published from a compilation of Gilbert's papers by his half-brother William. The first part is an expansion of his cosmological work in De magnete, which appeared in his lifetime in 1600; while the second part deals with meteorology.
Provenance: Co. Riccati (probably Jacopo Francesco Riccati, the mathematician after whom the Riccati equation is named).
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