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Title

Physicae tam generalis quam particularis, tractatus decem hoc uno comprehensio volumine /

Authors

• Bartaloni, Domenico
• Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund

Call number

Ms. Codex 2050
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977624538303681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1240102601
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366224

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

between 1765 and 1769

Place

Naples?

Summary

The second half of an unpublished work of ten treatises, comprising the sixth through tenth treatises, on fire and cold, air and sound, electricity, meteorology, and astronomy. Both the eighth treatise on electricity (f. 168r-184v) and the chapter on lightning in the ninth treatise (f. 197v-204r) rely on Giambatista Beccaria's Dell' elletricismo naturale ed artificiale (Torino : Nella Stampa di F.A. Campana, 1753) and his descriptions of Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity. The treatise on astronomy is the longest and addresses Copernican theory, planetary motion, the moon, and eclipses. A table of contents at the end (f. 266r-267v) lists the chapters through the ninth treatise. The gatherings are sewn together but the volume has no binding.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. ii recto).
   
• 1. f.143r-154r: Tractatus sextus de igne et frigore -- 2. f.155r-167r: Tractatus septimus de aere et sono -- 3. f.168r-184v: Tractatus octavus de electricitate -- 4. f.185r-210r: Tractatus nonus de metehoris -- 5. f.211r-265r: Tractatus decimus de astronomia -- 6. f.266r-267v: Index capitum omnium hujus operis.
   

Extent

127 leaves : 277 x 200 (260 x 170) mm

Collation

Paper, 126 leaves; 1⁸⁺³(+1, +2, +11) 2⁸ 3-7¹⁰ 8⁶⁺²(+2 singletons between 5 and 6) 9-13¹⁰; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, [i-ii], 143-267, upper right recto. Catchword on every page, lower right corner.

Support

Paper

Layout

Written in 27 long lines; section numbers in left margin; left margin formed by folding.

Script

Written in cursive script by two hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Carpe Librum (Brookline, Massachusetts), 2019.
   

Subjects topical

• Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790
• Beccaria, Giambatista,--1716-1781
• Physics--Early works to 1800
• Electricity--Early works to 1850
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• Treatise
• 18th century
• Italian
• Paper
• Italy
• Astronomy
• Science

Licenses

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Table of contents

• Unnumbered ii recto — Physicae tam generalis quam particularis, tractatus decem
• fol. 143r — Tractatus sextus de igne et frigore
• fol. 155r — Tractatus septimus de aere et sono
• fol. 168r — Tractatus octavus de electricitate
• fol. 185r — Tractatus nonus de metehoris
• fol. 211r — Tractatus decimus de astronomia
• fol. 266r — Index capitum omnium hujus operis