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Author	Grandami, Jacques, 1588-1672.
Title	Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terræ petita ex virtute magnetica : et quædam alia ed effectus & leges magneticas, usumque longitudinum & universum Geographiam spectantia, de novo inventa / Autore P. Iacobo Grandamico, è Societate Iesu.
Publication Info.	Flexiæ : Apud Georgivm Griveau, typographum Regium, & Henricæi Collegij Societatis Iesu, 1645.

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Medium	Z-M G7511 N5	IN LIBRARY

Description	[8], 1-24, 33-40, 43-170 [i.e. 160] p., [30] plates, : front., ill., (line-engravings) ; 22 cm. (4to)
Note	Signatures: ã⁴ A-V⁴.
	Some plates are printed on integral letterpress sheets, others are printed on separate inserted leaves.
	Engraved t.p. signed "Rousseville fecit Flexiæ." Other illustrations also signed F. Rousseville, or "R f" presumably indicating the same.
Local Note	NYSL copy: Binding: Bound in full vellum over thin paste-paper boards, title in ink on front cover.
Subject	Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
	Earth (Planet) -- Rotation.
	Geomagnetism -- Early works to 1800.
Genre or Form	Vellum bindings (Binding)
	Engravings (Prints) -- France -- 17th century.
Added Author	Griveau, Georges, 1593-1654, printer.
	Rousseville, F., engraver.

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