Mathematical Magick: Or the Wonders That May be Performed by Mechanical Geometry
London: Richard Baldwin, 1691.
Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #048103
Contemporary paneled calf, rubbed, spine and hinges worn, lacking front free endpaper. A few very minor stains internally, small wormtrail mostly in the margin from 20-53 but touching a few letters, another smaller trail in the margin around 180 - generally quite fresh. The fourth edition of a popular book mixing mathematical, engineering and spiritual elements first printed in 1648. frontis portrait, (14), 295 (1)pp
Detailed descriptions of various devices both familiar (levers, clocks, mills) and less so (land yachts, automotons, powered wagons) as well as speculation on flying machines (which he believed likely - probably like a flying chariot), perpetual motions machines and perpetual lamps
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Provenance: Kenneth Klosterman (bookplate), Ja. McMahon (?) 1790 inscription Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Mathematics. Inventory No: 048103.
Price: $1,500.00