John KEILL
Introductiones ad veram Physicam et veram Astronomiam. Quibus accedunt Trogonometria. De viribus centralibus. De legibus attractractionis
Apud Joh. et Herm. Verbeek • ( Jean & Herman Verbeek)|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1725|18.50 x 25 cm|relié
First collected edition of these two works, originally published at Oxford in 1701 (Physica) and 1718 (Astronomia) respectively, illustrated with a title vignette, 12 folding plates for physics (experiments, diagrams, geometry), 29 for astronomy, and 6 for trigonometry, numbered I to XLVII.
Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label. Worn binding. Headcaps torn away. Joints split at head and foot, along two compartments for the upper joint. Corners heavily bumped. Paper more or less browned.
Treatise and manual of astronomy and physics with various short treatises, including one
€800