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Hieronymvs Borrivs ... De motu grauium, & leuium

Borro, Girolamo, 1512-1592 · 1576 · Florentiae : In officina Georgii Marescotti · 5 pictures

A Latin physics treatise by Girolamo Borro, printed in Florence in 1576 by the Marescotti press, on the motion of heavy and light bodies, aimed at scholars and natural philosophers. Its pictures are small woodcut initials and a decorative headpiece, with horsemen, a rider with a lance, and scrolling foliage framed in square borders, offering a designer compact historical ornament for initials and dividers.

Physics -- Early works to 1800

Internet Archive · Fisher - University of Toronto · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library