DE MAGNETE, MAGNETICISQUE CORPORIBUS, ET DE MANGO MAGNETE TELLURE; PHYSIOLOGIA NOVA, PLURIMUS & AEGUMENTIS, & EXPERIMENTIS DEMONSTRATA.
Londini (London), United Kingdom: Petrus Short, 1600. 4to. quarter vellum, paste paper coverd boards, vellum tips, red and black leather spine label, gilt lettering on spine, clamshell box. [xvi], 240 pages. First edition. Gilbert's (1544-1603) De Magnete is "a remarkable work in the history of scientific discovery. Handwritten corrections, thought to be in Gilbert's own hand, on pp. 11, 22, and 47, but not on 14 or 63 as in some other copies. Minor soiling..... READ MORE about DE MAGNETE, MAGNETICISQUE CORPORIBUS, ET DE MANGO MAGNETE TELLURE; PHYSIOLOGIA NOVA, PLURIMUS...
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