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an old drawing of a man playing a game of chess in a roomthree old books stacked on top of each other on a white surfacean open book with a picture of a coat of arms on itan old drawing of a scale with a bowl and a bowl on top of ita picture of a drawing of a room with various objectsan old book with a bunch of drawings of different types of objectsan old book with a drawing of a boat on itan old drawing of a man working on a machine and another drawing of a man on a horsean old drawing of a man sitting in a chair in front of a window
Maître Paul PASTAUD

43 - DELLA TORRE (Don Giovanni Maria).
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Estimate €200 - €300
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DELLA TORRE (Don Giovanni Maria). *Scienza della natura generale*. Venice, Gio. Battista Recurti, 1750. 2 volumes in-4, in contemporary ivory-coloured vellum, with handwritten title and volume number on the spine. First edition of one of the great popular science treatises of the Enlightenment in Italy, illustrated with 62 plates and fold-out diagrams, devoted in particular to scientific instruments, the pendulum, electrostatic machines, optical phenomena, physical measurements, anatomy and various technical devices. A fine, complete copy. Father Giovanni Maria Della Torre (1710–1782), professor of experimental physics and future specialist in Vesuvius and microscopy, systematically sets out, in keeping with the encyclopaedic spirit of the 18th century, the principles of physics, mechanics, hydrostatics, optics, astronomy and natural history. Bookplate of Paul Chapuy, mining engineer.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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