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De Motu Marium et Ventorum Liber.

De Motu Marium et Ventorum Liber.

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De Motu Marium et Ventorum Liber.

by Vossius, Isaac

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Hagae-Comitis [The Hague]: Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1663. FIRST EDITION, 4to, pp. [xii], 123, [1]. Contemporary vellum, boards bordered in gilt with a central gilt tool. Lightly toned and soiled. Rebacked to style, hinges neatly relined, boards soiled and marked, ties lost. Ownership inscription of Henry Williamson to flyleaf (crossed out), price of 10s 6d to endpapers, and further ownership inscription of Gasparis Delahoyde, surgeon, dated 1747. One of Vossius’s ‘more scientific tracts... [which] attracted considerable attention among his contemporaries’ (ODNB): he sought to explain the motion of the tides, a question of increasing interest, with reference to the heat of the sun exclusively, instead of the stars, the moon, or other forces. At the end he also discusses the use of a mercury barometer for predicting storms at sea. The following decade the text was translated into English to help it reach a wider audience.

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McNaughtan's Bookshop GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
De Motu Marium et Ventorum Liber.
Author
Vossius, Isaac
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq
Place of Publication
Hagae-Comitis [The Hague]
Date Published
1663
Keywords
Science Natural History

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Vellum
Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Rebacked
having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Soiled
Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.

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