Torricelli (Evangelista) Lezioni Accademiche..., edited by Tommaso Bonaventuri, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait after Pietro Anichini, title with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca, 3 woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, lacking imprimatur leaf (c10 but often bound at end), old ink manuscript note praising the author on rear free endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, a little staining to upper edge of a few leaves, later vellum, gilt-stamped morocco label, yapp edges, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Norman II, 2088], 4to, Florence, Jacopo Guiducci, 1715.

⁂ Twelve posthumously published lectures by Torricelli, Galileo's successor as Professor of mathematics at Florence, delivered to the Accademia della Crusca, the Studio Fiorentino, and the Academy of Drawing. The lectures relate mainly to physics, and include discussions on impact, wind and military architecture. Bonaventuri's preface contains a biography of Torricelli and a good overview of his work; it also reprints Torricelli's letters on the barometric experiment.