Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362
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Sale 2362 - Lot 288

Price Realized: $ 6,500
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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
CABEO, NICCOLÒ, S.J. Philosophia magnetica. Woodcut text illustrations. [16], 412, [12] pages, including engraved title. Folio, 314x220, later stiff wrappers, soiled, spine worn; intermittent light dampstaining, scattered marginal foxing, title rehinged and unevenly trimmed along fore edge, dedication leaf partly reinforced in gutter on verso. Ferrara: Francesco Suzzi, 1629
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first edition of an important treatise on magnetism containing the first recognition of electrical repulsion; issue with arms of the dedicatee, Louis XIII of France, on title. DSB III, 3; Riccardi I, 205-06; Wheeler Gift 97.