Author
Zucchi, Nicolò, 1586-1670
Title
Noua de machinis philosophia : in qua, paralogismis antiquæ detectis, explicantur machinarum vires vnico principio, singulis immediato / authore Nicolao Zucchio Parmensi Societatis Iesu olim professore mathematicæ in Collegio Romani. Accessit exclusio vacui contra noua experimenta, contra vires machinarum. Promotio philosophiæ magneticæ ex ea nouum argumentum contra systema Pythagoricum. Initium operis proposita distinctius exhibet, errata, suis locis asterisco notata, corrigit..
Varying form of title
Nova de machinis philosophia
Imprint
Romae, : Typis hæredum Manelphij., M. DC. XXXXIX. [1649]
Physical description
[12], 227, [1] p. : ill. ; 20 cm (4to)
Note
Title vignette.
Note
Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams.
Note
Signatures: *² ²*⁴ A-Ee⁴ Ff².
Note
Tail-piece, initials.
Note
Errata on leaf ²*4v.
Citation/references note
CLC, Z177
Citation/references note
BL Italian, 17th cent., p. 980
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”
Binding
17th-century laced-case parchment; sewn on three supports; title written in ink along spine (faded); date 1649 written in ink at tail of spine; later spine label with title: "Zucchii: Philosoph: De Machinis:".
Subject
Mechanics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Haeredes Manelphii printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
B14673
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