MARTIN Benjamin. Grammatica delle Scienze Filosofiche, o breve analisi della Filosofia Moderna appoggiata alle Sperienze, tradotta dall'Inglese in Francese, e dal Francese in Italiano. Prima Edizione Napoletana. Napoli, Vincenzo Orsino a spese di Domenico Terres, 1771.

Small 8vo mm. 180 x 120; Contemporary full leather binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine; pp. [8], 343, with a table out text. at p. 133, another printed table [Tabella della gravità dei Solidi], and XXII copper plates out text on fisic and astronomic subject.

Italian version of this well-known compendium of Newtonian physics, which led to his theories into the European schools of the time, much appreciated for its convenience and brevity, and divided into 4 sections: somatology, Cosmology, aerology, Geology, preceded by a general introduction. Babson Collection, n. 91 [the English edition of 1769], "Written in the form of questions and answers and 'designed for the Instruction and Entertainement of the Youth of Both Sexes' ... ther are constant references to Newton." The first English edition appeared in 1735. Benjamin Martin [1704-1782] was mechanic, optician and astronomer and prolific science writer.Browning due to the quality of the paper.