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Optics.- Molyneux (William) Dioptrica nova. A Treatise of Dioptricks, in Two Parts....
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Optics.- Molyneux (William) Dioptrica nova. A Treatise of Dioptricks, in Two Parts. Wherein the Various Effects and Appearances of Spherick Glasses...in Telescopes and Microscopes...are explained, first edition, imprimatur leaf at beginning, 43 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary manuscript notes to front free endpaper, a little soiling and light staining, date supplied in ink in later hand at foot of title, plate 39 misbound at p.130, plate 38 slightly soiled & browned at fold and defective at foot just affecting edge of image and plate number, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt, [Wing M2405], 4to, for Benj. Tooke, 1692.
*** The first treatise on optics published in English and including Halley's famous theorem for finding the foci of lenses as an appendix.
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