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Sale 6001 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Sep 19, 2019 6:00AM ET
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[Science, Medicine, & Mathematics] [Academia del Cimento] Essayes of Natural Experiments Made In Academie del Cimento, Under the Protection of the Most Serene Prince Leopoldo of Tuscany

London: for Benjamin Alsop, 1684. Translated by Richard Waller. 4to. Leaf size 225x154mm., [A4], a-b4, B-Y4, Z3, lacking Z4 [terminal blank]. With additional engraved vignette title and 19 engraved plates. Finely bound in modern black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine; with minor wear. Title page and the order to print leaf [A1] repaired and filled in with modern paper at edges, fore edge of additional engraved title trimmed with small losses to image, internally lightly toned, scattered light spotting, darkening and light soiling primarily to leaves at front and back, a few small paper faults in blank margins, moderate darkening to title page, a few old ink annotations to title page. Lacking the terminal blank [Z4]. Ex-library with ink stamp on verso of letterpress title. Wing A161; ESTCR6541.

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