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Verlag: B. Deuersin, & Z. Masotti, Rome, 1654
Anbieter: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, USA
Hardcover. Third, and best, Edition. Folio (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in contemporary vellum; [xxxii (including engraved title-page)], 618, [24] pages. Title page printed in red and black with engraved printer's device; additional engraved title page; woodcut initials; head- and tailpieces; full-page engraved arms of the dedicatee, Ferdinand IV; about 50 tables and several examples of musical scores in the text; 215 woodcut illustrations; and 34 mostly full-page engraved plates. The last, best, and most valuable edition, as well as the first one in folio, of one of the major scientific works by the most famous German Jesuit scholar. Kircher examines all aspects of magnetism-from that of the earth to animals, music, and love--and presents some daring theories such as the positive effects of music on the victims of tarantula bites. He also describes his construction of a magnetic clock and how it functions. Ferguson I, 467; Merill 6: "This third edition of 'Magnes', the finest and most complete of the three editions, was greatly enlarged by Kircher. It contains many observations and experiments not in the two previous editions"; Ronalds 267; STC 461; Wellcome III, 394; Wheeler Gift 116a: "Celebrated work. It deals with electrics as well as magnetics, showing great versatility and encyclopaedic knowledge. He controverts Gilbert's theories in magnetism and those of Kepler in astronomy." Two small institutional stamps on the title page with an early annotation. Worming to the title and first few pages as well as the last few of the index and the binding, extensive on a few pages; the rest of the text fine.
Verlag: Imp. typis Vitalis Mascardi, sumptibus Blasii Deversin & Zanobii Masorti. Roma, 1654, 1654
Anbieter: Libreria Anticuaria Farré, Barcelona, BARCE, Spanien
. 32 cm. 16 h., 618 pág. con algún error de numeración, 14 h. Índices a doble columna, apostillas marginales. Portada a dos tintas, con marca tipográfica. Frontis firmado por F. Valentini. Profusamente ilustr. con un grabado representando a Fernando IV -a quien se dedica la obra- y figuras a lo largo del texto. Frisos, capitales decoradas, viñetas. Enc. de época en piel repujada, nervios, contraruedas, restos de cierres metálicos y bridas. Mancha de tinta en pág. 599. * Tercera edición, corregida y aumentada por el mismo autor, de uno de los trabajos más interesantes del jesuita Athanasius Kircher, que recoge todo lo que en su época se sabía acerca del magnetismo. Se refiere a esta ciencia en su sentido más amplio, pues trata tanto la influencia de las erupciones volcánicas sobre el eje magnético de la Tierra, la atracción y repulsión entre plantas y animales, las mareas, la atracción magnética ejercida por la música o las aplicaciones médicas e hidrográficas del magnetismo, entre otros. La edición, profusamente ilustrada, utiliza tipos griegos, árabes y hebreos.