GRANDAMI, Jacques. Nova demonstratio Immobilitatis Terrae petita ex Virtute Magnetica.Flexiae [La Flèche], George Griveau, 1645

4to, mm. 220x170; Contemporary full vellum binding, title written on the spine; pp. 8 nn., 170, i.e. 160, numb. 25-32 e 41-42 omitted in the numbering; 24 figures within the text., Frontispiece and 7 copper plates out text. A total of 8 plates out text f. t., of which 2 folded. Ex-libris of the XVIII century pasted to the inside cover, Stamps of extinct library on the Title-page.

Editio princeps illustrated. In this work, the French Jesuit Jacques Grandami, dean of the College of La Fleche, expounds his theory on the behavior of the magnetic bodies, in order to demolish definitively the Copernican system and Galileo. Developing studies conducted by Nicolas Cabaeus, Athanasius Kircher, Vincentius Leotaud and others Grandami offers original experiments that demonstrate the immobility of the earth, based on terrestrial magnetism: supporting its demonstrations accompanying the work of curious engravings depicting putti and angels intent in various demonstrations on the attraction of magnetic bodies, and the theory of magnetism in general.

Frontispiece and some illustrations signed by F. Rousseville.

Sommervogel, III, 1668-1; Cinti, n. 115; Mottelay, p. 120. Cfr. Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, by R. Taton & C. Wilson, 2003, pp. 51-52.

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