Shelfmark
Gb.1.13
Author
Title
Noua, et amænior de admirando fontium genio (ex abditis naturæ claustris, in orbis lucem emanante) philosophia. Ad votum. illustris.[si]mi & excellentiss.[i]mi domini domini Innocentii de comitibus ex ducibus Poli & Guadagnoli, baronis Romani, sanctissimi domini nostri Alexandri septimi pont. M. magistri campi generalis, nec non S.C.M. cubicularij, generalis vigilum præfecti, & peditum colonelli, domini & mecænatis sui colendissimi. Perenne fluere iussa auctore Iacoboi. W. Dobrzenski de Nigro Ponte Boemo Pragensi. P.E.M.D opusculum. Quod non solum curiosis ingenijs ob plurimas & nouas hydraulicas machinas æri delicatissimè incisas voluptatem adfert, sed & philosophos exoticis quibusdam erudit discursibus, & mathematicis campum aperit alias plures, & ingeniosiores excogitandi inuentiones.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Nova, et amaenior de admirando fontium genio
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ferrariae, : apud Alphonsum, & Io: Baptistam de Marestis., M. DC. LVIIII. [1659]
Physical description
[24], 121, [3] p. : ill. ; 33 cm (Fo.).
Note
Woodcut title-page vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Engraved in-text illustrations of geometric diagrams and fountain designs.
Note
Preliminaries include dedicatory poems and a list of propositions contained within the work with pagination.
Note
Signatures: †4, a4-b4, A4-P4, [¶]2.
Provenance
Booklabel recording bequest by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
English 17th century mid brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border with two further vertical lines close to the spine; blind tooled double fillet on spine; five raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Hydraulic engineering Early works to 1800.
Subject
Hydraulics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Hydrodynamics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Fountains Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Maresti, Alfonso, active 1657 - 1689 printer.
Added entry--name
Maresti, Giovanni Battista printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Ferrara.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46799