Pre-1600 Rare Books Collection: Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Philosophy & Theology, and Literature | The Augustus De Morgan Collection, Part 1
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Title:
Opusculum perpetua memoria dignissimum, De natura magnetis, et eius effectibus ::item De motu continu ; Demonstratio proportionu[m] motuum localium, contra Aristotelem & alios philosophos ; De motu alio celerrimo, hactenus incognito /
Creator:
Taisnier, Jean,1508-ca. 1562.
- Pierre,de Maricourt,13th cent.Epistola de magnete.
- Benedetti, Giovanni Battista,1530-1590.
- Birckmann, Johann,1527-1572,printer.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Pierre,de Maricourt,13th cent.Epistola de magnete.
- Benedetti, Giovanni Battista,1530-1590.
- Birckmann, Johann,1527-1572,printer.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
Date:
1562
Date in Source:
anno 1562.
Place:
Cologne.
Country:
Germany
Imprint:
Coloniae : apud Ioannum Birckmannum,
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Compass - Early works to 1800.
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Magnetism - Early works to 1800.
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Magnets - Early works to 1800.
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Navigation - Early works to 1800.
Format:
[4], 44, 43-82, 81-80, [2] p ;ill., port. ;
Reference:
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 848
Note:
- "De natura magnetis" and "De motu continuo" plagiarized from Pierre PeĢlerin de Maricourt; the Demonstratio pirated from Giovanni Battista Benedetti's work. -- Cf. BN, DSB.
- P. 83, 84 misnumbered 81, 80 respectively.
- Two identical woodcut portraits of author (labelled "I.T.H. aet. sue A[nn]o 53" and dated 1562), the first on the verso of title page; the second at the end of the volume.
- With title-vignette and initials.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan, with his note on front flyleaf, 10 July 1851.
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20954190
- "De natura magnetis" and "De motu continuo" plagiarized from Pierre PeĢlerin de Maricourt; the Demonstratio pirated from Giovanni Battista Benedetti's work. -- Cf. BN, DSB.
- P. 83, 84 misnumbered 81, 80 respectively.
- Two identical woodcut portraits of author (labelled "I.T.H. aet. sue A[nn]o 53" and dated 1562), the first on the verso of title page; the second at the end of the volume.
- With title-vignette and initials.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan, with his note on front flyleaf, 10 July 1851.
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20954190
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