MATHEMATICALL MAGIC, or, The Wonders that may be performed by Mechanical Geometry. de WILKINS, Bishop John.:

London, printed for M. F. for Sa: Gellibrand, at the Brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard, 1648. In two books. Concerning Mechanical Powers, Motions. Being one of the most easy, pleasant, useful, (and yet most neglected) part of mathematicks. Not before treated of in this language. FIRST EDITION 1648. small 8vo, approximately 155 x 95 mm, 6 x 4 inches, engraved and woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text, some full page or nearly, pages: [14], 1-295, lacks A1 blank and last blank, bound in full brown modern polished calf, gilt lettering to spine, new endpapers. A little light scratching to covers, neat old ink note in 1 margin and on final blank page, many margins dusty with small pale stains plus other small minor marks, otherwise a very good copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876, page,280, No. 883; Sotheby's The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Part 6, page 362, No. 2126; Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume 14, pages 361-381. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.