Wraps
1768 · Patavii [ London ]
by Musschenbroekio, Petro Van ; [ Petrus van Musschenbroek ]
Patavii [ London ]: typis Seminarii : apud Joannem Manfre, 1768. Wraps. Very Good. [16], [1]-144, 245-252, 153-477, [1] p., [2-blank] plus 29 folding copper plates [I-XI, XI*, XII-XXVIII i.e. 29]. 4to. (Pages 145-152 mispaginated 245-252). VOLUME ONE ONLY. Drab temporary printer's wrappers with manuscript volume label. Some page corners creased. Occasional mostly marginal worming with no loss of meaning. Wraps. "The rare first edition printed in Italy of Musschenbroek's lectures, edited and posthumously published by Johann Lolofs. This Latin work (first: Leyden, 1762; Partington, II, 739) was 'widely used and translated into Dutch, English, French, and (truncated)