Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis, &c.
by BACON, Francis (1561-1626)
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- Hardcover
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Montreux, Switzerland
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About This Item
Amsterdam:: Officina Elzeviriana, 1662., 1662. 12mo. [xvi], 232, [16] pp. Engraved decorative title, index. Original gilt-stamped calf, raised bands; joints cracked, extremities worn. Front free endpaper partly excised; rear typed bibliographic note mounted, with initials H.S.B. Good. Fourth edition. Bacon's history of wind science and experimentation. Contents: "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis", "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Forma Calidi", "De Motus Sive Virtutis Activa Variis Speciebus", "Ratio Inveniendi Causas Fluxus et Refluxus Maris".
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RW1306
- Title
- Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis, &c.
- Author
- BACON, Francis (1561-1626)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Officina Elzeviriana, 1662.
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam:
- Date Published
- 1662
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Natural Philosophy
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