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KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS, S.J. Magnes; sive, De arte magnetica opus tripartitum. 29 engraved plates, including one with volvelle (of 2?), facing page
KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS, S.J. Magnes; sive, De arte magnetica opus tripartitum. 29 engraved plates, including one with volvelle (of 2?), facing page 264. [30], 797, [39] pages, including engraved additional general title. 4to, contemporary vellum; occasional light marginal dampstaining generally not affecting plates, pictorial title to part 3 (slightly cropped and worn along edges) bound before engraved general title. Cologne: Apud Jodocum Kalcoven, 1643
- Notes: Second edition of a treatise on magnetism first published in 1641, including discussions of terrestrial and planetary magnetism, the tides, attraction and repulsion in animals and plants, and magnetic attraction in music and love. Caillet 5779; Merrill 5; Thorndike VII, 269-70. See also lot 126.
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