1662 · Amsterdam:
by BACON, Francis (1561-1626).
Amsterdam:: Officina Elzeviriana, 1662., 1662. 12mo. [xvi], 232, [16] pp. Engraved decorative title, index. Original gilt-stamped calf, raised bands; joints cracked, extremities worn. Front free endpaper partly excised; rear typed bibliographic note mounted, with initials H.S.B. Good. Fourth edition. Bacon's history of wind science and experimentation. Contents: "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis", "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Forma Calidi", "De Motus Sive Virtutis Activa Variis Speciebus", "Ratio Inveniendi Causas Fluxus et Refluxus Maris".
(Inventory #: RW1306)