GUGLIELMINI, Domenico.

Della Natura de' Fiumi, Trattato Fisico-Matematico...

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Nuova Edizione con le Annotazioni di Eustachio Manfredi. Engraved printer’s vignette on title & 18fine folding engraved plates. 4 p. l., xvi, 427, [1] pp. 4to, cont. vellum over boards, brown morocco lettering piece on spine. Bologna: L. dalla Volpe, 1739. Second edition of this classic work; this is an important edition as it has been “enlarged and annotated by Eustachio Manfredi, Guglielmini’s successor as Bologna’s superintendent for water. Manfredi included much material found in Guglielmini’s notes, corrected some errors and added the notes which follow each chapter; he also greatly expanded the index.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 152-53. Guglielmini (1655-1710), studied mathematics and medicine at the University of Bologna. He was one of the leading hydraulic engineers of his time and took the professorship of mathematics at the University of Padua. In 1702, he became professor of medicine at the same university, reflecting his varied and changing interests. The finely engraved plates show ninety of the observations and experiments described, including the construction of canals, water mills, and dams. Fine copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. ❧ Riccardi, I, 643–“Raro ed apprezzato.”

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