Cabei (Nicolò)

Philosophia Magnetica in qua magnetis natura penitus explicatur…, FIRST EDITION, engraved architectural title, 3 small engravings, including a world map (repeated), woodcut initials and nearly 240 text illustrations (diagrams), light age yellowing, P2 & Nn1 dust soiled, occasional spotting, a little worming to pastedowns, old library stamp to title, contemporary patterned boards, title label to spine, rubbed, yapp edges, [Ferguson I, 136; Riccardi I, 205; Wheeler Gift 97], folio, Francesco Suzzi, Ferrara, 1629.

*** Cabei (1586-1650) was a Jesuit father born in Ferrara and a contemporary of Athanasius Kircher, who taught theology and mathematics in Parma and then in Genoa. His ‘’Philosophia magnetica’ is a milestone in studies on magnetism, containing the first printed account of electrical repulsion.