Year/Century: 17th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Vellum
Description: Recondita naturalium & artificialium rerum scientia, Sive, Magia universalis naturae et artis, cujus ope per variam applicationem activorum cum passivis, admirandorum effectuum spectacula, abditarumque inventionum miracula, ad varios humanae life usus, eruuntur. Quadripartitum Opus. Parts I, Optica continet, Parts II, Acoustica, Part III, Mathematica, and Part IV, Physica. Pars I. Continet Optica, cum figuris æri incisis by Gaspar Schott is the first of four books in a series on optics.
The author, Gaspar Schott was a Jesuit and a scientist who wrote several treatises of various physical phenomena and devices Illustrated with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece, and 25 full page engravings, describing a wealth of devices and optical principles, among them a picture of the inner works of the human eye. The book deals with optical devices, both scientific and other purely "entertainment" gadgets. Among the devices is a relatively new invention, the telescope, discussed under "Magia Telescopica". The book contains the important research on anamorphoses, as well as the description of his portable camera obscura. The book starts with a longish explanation of different kind of magic, including "bad" magic , "Magia Illicta" and "good" magic. Bamberg: Schonwetter, 1677 4to: 7 by 8 3/4" (21 x 17 cm) 20 lvs, 538 pp, 7 lvs. Original vellum binding, foxing and browning to the spine, manuscript title. Finalized
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