De Vi Percussionis et Motionibus Naturalibus a Gravitate Pendentibus sive Introductiones & Illustrationes Physico-Mathematicae apprime necessariae ad opus ejus intelligendum de Motu Animalium.

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...Bound in with: De Motionibus Naturalibus a gravitate pendentibus. 2 vols. in one. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Petrum Vander Aa 1686. Sm. 4to. Orig. full old vellum (spine worn). (xvi 262 22 iv 360 32pp.). With additional illustrated title-page armorial title-vignette and 20 fold. engrv. plates. Some chipping to fore-edge at beginning and end of text as well as slight toning of printed text otherwise fine. NOTE: Borelli (1608-1679) Italian physicist and astronomer credited with discovery of parabolic path of comets. Sought to explain motion of Jupiter's satellites by laws of attraction.