May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348
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Sale 2348 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 625
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ESCHINARDI, FRANCESCO, S.J. De impetu tractatus duplex. 10 folding engraved plates; letterpress table. [4], 336 pages. 4to, 216x154 mm, contemporary vellum boards, spine darkened; mostly moderate foxing, scattered minor stains, clean tear in 2S3, free endpapers lacking. Rome: Angelo Bernabò, 1684
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first edition of a treatise on mechanics and hydraulics. Pages 180-189 [i. e., 197] contain an account of the vacuum experiment by Evangelista Torricelli leading to his invention of the barometer. Riccardi I, 431.