Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 4,560
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MANUSCRIPT.) Geostatica [title taking from spine lettering piece]. manuscript in latin, written in brown ink in neat cursive hand, recto and verso, on laid paper. illustrated with twenty-seven text drawings in ink and chalk or colored pencil depicting experimental apparatus. 110 leaves. 176x145 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, spine ends chipped, cover corners worn through; occasional offsetting or show-through from illustrations. France, late 17th-early 18th century?
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Illustrated manuscript dealing with various topics in solid and fluid mechanics and practical physics, which are explained through experiments with pulleys, fulcrums, screws, gears, bellows, liquids, etc.