PETRUCCI, Gioseffo. Prodomo apologetico alli studi Chircheriani...
In Amsterdam, presso li Janssonio-Waesbergj, 1677
First edition of this defensive treatise, which Petrucci, a student of Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), dedicated to his master. Petrucci states that Kircher verified all his experiments before drawing the conclusions published in his numerous writings, presenting this treatise as an apologia against the attacks of Protestant skeptics in the second half of the 17th century.
Large 4to, mm. 235x190; Contemporary binding in vellum, manuscript titles on spine. 16, 200 pages, engraved frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates, various illustrations in the text. Slight uniform browning, old manuscript note on the title page, good copy.