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. From the private library of Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes. Gilbert's (1544-1603) De Magnete is "a remarkable work in the history of scientific discovery. It cost the author 18 years of investigation and experiment. Large marginal asterisks mark what he considered great..... READ MORE about DE MAGNETE, MAGNETICISQUE CORPORIBUS, ET DE MANGO MAGNETE TELLURE; PHYSIOLOGIA NOVA, PLURIMUS...
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