GILBERT, WILLIAM. De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata. London: Peter Short 1600. Folio, 287 x 190mm. (11 1/4 x 7 1/2in.), seventeenth-century limp vellum, head of spine a little ragged, old ink inscription on title, indelible ink armorial stamp on verso with surrounding dampstain, folding plate torn and repaired, rust hole in N2 catching two letters, some other slight stains, modern brown quarter morocco box. FIRST EDITION, manuscript corrections on pp. 11, 22, 47, 130 and 221, woodcut printer's device on title-page, one folding woodcut plate, 4 full-page woodcut diagrams and illustrations, 84 text woodcut illustrations, numerous woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Dibner Heralds of Science 54; Grolier/Horblit 41; Norman 905; PMM 107; STC 11883. "...it is with Gilbert...that the modern development of electricity and magnetism really starts. His book 'On the Magnet' was the first major English scientific treatise based on experimental methods of research." -- Printing and the Mind of Man.
GILBERT, WILLIAM. De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata. London: Peter Short 1600. Folio, 287 x 190mm. (11 1/4 x 7 1/2in.), seventeenth-century limp vellum, head of spine a little ragged, old ink inscription on title, indelible ink armorial stamp on verso with surrounding dampstain, folding plate torn and repaired, rust hole in N2 catching two letters, some other slight stains, modern brown quarter morocco box. FIRST EDITION, manuscript corrections on pp. 11, 22, 47, 130 and 221, woodcut printer's device on title-page, one folding woodcut plate, 4 full-page woodcut diagrams and illustrations, 84 text woodcut illustrations, numerous woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Dibner Heralds of Science 54; Grolier/Horblit 41; Norman 905; PMM 107; STC 11883. "...it is with Gilbert...that the modern development of electricity and magnetism really starts. His book 'On the Magnet' was the first major English scientific treatise based on experimental methods of research." -- Printing and the Mind of Man.
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