Essayes of natural experiments made in the Academie del cimento, under the protection of the most serene Prince Leopold of Tuscany. Written in Italian by the secretary of that academy. Englished by Richard Waller, Fellow of the Royal Society.

All titles

• Essayes of natural experiments made in the Academie del cimento, under the protection of the most serene Prince Leopold of Tuscany. Written in Italian by the secretary of that academy. Englished by Richard Waller, Fellow of the Royal Society.
• Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del cimento. English

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Alsop ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Benjamin Alsop at the Angel and Bible in the Poultrey, over-against the Church, 1684.

Publication year

1684-1684

ESTC No.

R6541

Grub Street ID

126882

Description

[26], 80, 77-160, [12] p., 19 leaves of plates : tables ; 4⁰

Note

A translation by Richard Waller of: Academia del cimento. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del cimento.

The secretary of that academy = Lorenzo Magalotti.

With an additional title page, engraved and signed: R. Waller delin.

The first leaf bears an order to print; the last leaf is blank.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: order to print on [A]1v reads: "At a council of the Royal Society for Improving Natural Knowledge, 27?. Novembris 1683. Ordered, that a book...by Mr. Richard Waller,...be printed. John Hoskyns P.R.S."; pag: [24], ... 20 leaves of plates... (engr. t.p. is a plate)