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GRANDAMI, Jacques. Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae pe…
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125
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GRANDAMI, Jacques. Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae pe…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
GRANDAMI, Jacques.
Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae petita ex virtute magnetica...
Flexiae (La Flèche), apud Georgium Griveau, 1645.
Small in-4 (22,5 x 17,5 cm), engraved title-frontispiece, (4) ff. 170 pp. 6 plates, 25 figures, bandeaux, lettrines. Contemporary soft ivory vellum, smooth spine, engraving by Landry pasted on the upper cover (vellum soiled, engraving inked, spotting, quires out of order, one plate loose).
Rare princeps of this illustrated work on ancient astronomy.
Jacques Grandami (1588-1672), Jesuit dean of the Royal College of the Society of Jesus at La Flèche, developed his own conceptions of terrestrial magnetism in order to defend the immobility of the Earth and refute the Copernican theory.
His demonstrations are illustrated with intriguing engravings of putti performing various experiments on the attraction of magnetic bodies and the theory of magnetism...
Illustrated with 7 plates engraved on copper in black with the frontispiece and 25 in-text vignettes engraved on copper in black by F. Rousseuille.
Only 3 entries in the CCFr (including the copy of the Prytanée militaire de La Flèche).
Sommervogel, III, 1668-1.
GEOMAGNETISM.
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