Live veiling - Lot 678
Lettere scientifiche ed erudite [...].
Venice, at the Company's expense, 1734
€ 150 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
4to: xxiv-294-[1] pp. (marg. wormholes and wormtracks, stain in text of pp. 285-288).
19th-c. paper wrapper over cardboard, flat spine (lacks of paper to spine).
Second edition (1st: 1721) of this collection of letters on light, blood boiling, viper venom, odours, description of the Villa di Lonchio (Tuscany), etc. The Count L. Magalotti (1637-1712) was a philosopher, diplomat and poet.
Ref. Blake 283 - Cp. Wheeler Gift 253 (1st ed.). - Not in Wellcome.