BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso. De Motu Animalium. Pars Prima [et Secunda]. Editio Altera. Correctior et Emendatior.Leyden, Gaesbeeck & Boutesteyn, 1685 IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
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2 parts in one vol. 4to small, mm. 200x150; Contemporary full calf binding, Back with title and gold ornaments; pp. 16 nn., including Halftitle, Frontispiece and Titlepage, 280 [i.e. 274], 17 nn., 1 bl, not numbered the p. 273-278, 15 copper plates out text number. I-XV; pp. [4], 365, [15], 3 copper plates out text number. XV-XVIII. A total of a Frontispiece engraved and 18 plates out text.
Rare second ilustrated edition. Heirs of Hippocrates: “The illustrations showing human beings and animals in various positions of muscle exertion could only have been conceived by one who was primarily a physicist and not an anatomist”.
Starting from the Galilean physics, and developing theories of the school iatro-mathematics, Borelli investigated in depth the mechanics of muscular motion, starting from the heart muscle, and blood circulation seen as complex hydraulic system. The first part of the work is devoted to external movements of the body, the second to internal movements. Famous is the section De Volatu, where Borelli demonstrates the impossibility of human flight based on observation of the muscle structure, in comparison with that of birds, opening the way to the study of mechanical flight.Garrison-Morton: “Borelli originated the neurogenic theory of the earth's action and first suggested that the circulation resembled a simple hydraulic system. He was the first to insist that the earth beat was a simple muscolar contraction”. Roberts & Trent: “Closely associated with the outstanding anatomist Malpighi, Borelli’s analyses of locomotion, respiration and digestion as purely mechanical processes did much to reveal the true functions of the muscles, the lungs, and the stomach”. Norman: “After Descartes Borelli was the principal founder of the iatrophysical school, ...Inspired by Harvey's mathematical demonstration of the circulation of the blood, Borelli ...conceived of the body as a machine whose phenomena could be explained entirely by the laws of physics. Borelli was the first to recognize that bones were levers powered by the action of the muscle, ...[he was ] the first to explain the heartbeat as a simple muscular contraction, and to ascribe its action to nervous stimulation. He was also the first to describe circulation as a simple hydraulic system.”Garrison-Morton, n. 762; Roberts & Trent, Bibl. Mechanica, p. 43; Horblit, n. 13¸ Heirs of Hippocrates 496; Dibner, n. 190; Norman 270.
Condition Report: Some files browned to the quality of the ink, but good specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT
Rare second ilustrated edition. Heirs of Hippocrates: “The illustrations showing human beings and animals in various positions of muscle exertion could only have been conceived by one who was primarily a physicist and not an anatomist”.
Starting from the Galilean physics, and developing theories of the school iatro-mathematics, Borelli investigated in depth the mechanics of muscular motion, starting from the heart muscle, and blood circulation seen as complex hydraulic system. The first part of the work is devoted to external movements of the body, the second to internal movements. Famous is the section De Volatu, where Borelli demonstrates the impossibility of human flight based on observation of the muscle structure, in comparison with that of birds, opening the way to the study of mechanical flight.Garrison-Morton: “Borelli originated the neurogenic theory of the earth's action and first suggested that the circulation resembled a simple hydraulic system. He was the first to insist that the earth beat was a simple muscolar contraction”. Roberts & Trent: “Closely associated with the outstanding anatomist Malpighi, Borelli’s analyses of locomotion, respiration and digestion as purely mechanical processes did much to reveal the true functions of the muscles, the lungs, and the stomach”. Norman: “After Descartes Borelli was the principal founder of the iatrophysical school, ...Inspired by Harvey's mathematical demonstration of the circulation of the blood, Borelli ...conceived of the body as a machine whose phenomena could be explained entirely by the laws of physics. Borelli was the first to recognize that bones were levers powered by the action of the muscle, ...[he was ] the first to explain the heartbeat as a simple muscular contraction, and to ascribe its action to nervous stimulation. He was also the first to describe circulation as a simple hydraulic system.”Garrison-Morton, n. 762; Roberts & Trent, Bibl. Mechanica, p. 43; Horblit, n. 13¸ Heirs of Hippocrates 496; Dibner, n. 190; Norman 270.
Condition Report: Some files browned to the quality of the ink, but good specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT
