Astronomy and physics of 16th century. VIERI.
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Astronomy and physics of 16th century. VIERI, Francesco. Trattato nel quale si contengono i tre primi libri delle Metheore. Firenze, Marescotti, 1582.
Small 8vo, 160 x 100 mm; Contemporary full vellum; pp. 16, 424, 16. Spots of humidity at the first three booklets; ancient marginalia.
Small 8vo, 160 x 100 mm; Contemporary full vellum; pp. 16, 424, 16. Spots of humidity at the first three booklets; ancient marginalia.
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Second edition, the only one containing the 4th Book which occupies more than half the volume) of this book about Aristotle's "Meteor" books, interesting astronomy, meteorology, physics, etc. The author, though moving within Aristotelian canons, does not hesitate to challenge the Master on some points, refusing for example his views on the nature of the Milky Way. "Among the subjects most concerned with physics-mathematical sciences,he speak about comets, the Milky Way, the flow and reflux of the sea, the iris " Riccardi, II/599-600). Houzeau-Lancaster, n. 2696; Zeitlinger, n. 15389.
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