Maffei On the Formation of Lightning, 1747
Della Formazione de' Fulmini Trattato del sig. marchese Scipione Maffei, Raccolto da varie sue Lettere, In alcune delle quali si tratta anche degl' Infetti rigenerantisi, e de' Pesci di mare su i monti, e più a lungo dell' Elettricitê.
Verona: Giannalberto Tumermani, 1747.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
First edition. Engraved title vignette and headpiece. [8], 189, [7] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Maffei On the Formation of Lightning, 1747. Original boards, uncut. Some early, but faint dampstaining throughout -- otherwise a fine, wide-margined copy. Ronalds, p. 314; Gartrell, p. 334; OCLC: 23628231 (one location: U. of Michigan); Mottelay, p. 321; Baaken Library, p. 83; not in Wheeler; not in RLIN.
Item #53510
Collection of fifteen letters on the origins of lightning by the enlightened polymath Maffei (1675-1755), "said by Grimelli (Storia) to contain all the anterior letters on Lightning published by him, i.e. all before 1746, the date of the censorship." - Ronalds
The book is rare in institutions -- OCLC gives only one location.
