May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 1,062
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[Medicine & Science] Penckler, Baron Joseph von (1751-1830), ed.
Dissertationes Physicae Tres.

Vienna: Joannes Thomae de Trattnern, 1766.

Quarto, a compilation of three dissertations on physics and astronomy collected by the fifteen-year-old Penckler while at school at the Theresan Military Academy near Vienna, and published with a dedication to Hapsburg ruler Maria Theresa (1717-1780), including Bosovich's Dissertatio de Lumine; Benvenuti's Dissertatio de Lumine; and Boscovich's Dissertatio de Lunae Atmosphaera; each work illustrated; contemporary inscription to ffep; bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and worn, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.