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FUENTELAPEÑA, ANTONIO DE. El Ente Dilucidado. Discurso unico novissi[m]o q[ue] muestra ay en natural[ez]a animales irracionales invisibles y quales sean. [22], 438, [28] pages, including engraved title. 4to, 199x141 mm, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; contents browned, margins trimmed entering text on page 382, marginal worming mainly in gutters affecting some text, clean tear in first several preliminaries, dark stains on title and leaves in gathering A, small hole through a few letters in Y7, rear free endpaper lacking. Madrid: Emprenta Real, 1677
Second edition of a 1676 treatise on the existence of invisible beings, with digressions on a variety of other topics. Pages 427-38 contain an early discussion of the possibility of human flight, including the description of a proposed man-powered flying machine in the shape of an eagle. Alden 677/94; Krivatsy 94; Palau 95362 note.
bound with: DÁVILA Y HEREDIA, ANDRÉS. Responde Don Andres Davila Heredia . . . al Libro del Ente Dilucidado. 4, [8], 5-154, [4] pages. Contents heavily browned with scattered cropped marginalia. Valencia: Imprenta de Villagrassa, 1678. first edition. Alden 678/33; Palau 68960.
