Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 233

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
CABEO, NICCOLÒ, S. J. Philosophia magnetica. Woodcut text illustrations. [16], 412, [12] pages, including engraved title. Folio, 314x221, contemporary calf, spine worn, ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; title lightly soiled and stained, missing narrow strip from blank outer margin, contents otherwise clean. Bookplate of the Royal Meteorological Society (Symons Bequest) dated 1900, with release label dated 1973. Ferrara: Francesco Suzzi, 1629

Additional Details

first edition of an important treatise on magnetism, containing the first recognition of electrical repulsion; issue with Ferrara imprint. DSB III, 3; Riccardi I, 205-06; Wheeler Gift 97. From the library of the medical historian Walter Pagel (1898-1983), with the handwritten booklabel of his son Bernard.