Thaumantias; Liber de arcu Coelesti deque colorum apparentium natura, ortu et causis
Prague: Sumptibus Pragopress, 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. 20 x 15 cm. Octavo. 270pp 32pp. Bound in grey gilt decorated cloth. With an introduction in Czech, English, French, German,and Russian by Jiri Marek. Facsimile of the 1648 Latin language edition. Toning to the spine. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Very Good. Item #67180
Editio Cimelia Bohemica Vol III. "Thaumantias is devoted ot problems connected with the properties of spectral colours. This new edition of this book was initiated mainly by the fact that it contains descriptions of important phenomena in physical optics and interesting attempts for their elucidation as recently as in the first half of the 17th century."
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