BARTOLI, Daniello (1608-85), S.J. - Del suono e de' tremori armonici e dell'udito. Trattati (quattro). - Roma, Tinassi, 1679.
Small 4to. Contemp. vellum. Some woodcuts in the text, the last one showing the human ear. (16), 330, (1) pp.; a fine and very fresh copy.
Rare first edition of the earliest study on the mechanism of sound and hearing in which also the psychological aspects and the reception of music are considered; pp. 294-330 deal with the anatomy of the ear. This is the second of 3 scientific works by the well known Jesuit humanist all of which are scarce, but especially this one. Fétis I, 259. DSB I, 483. Sotheran I, 6025. Wellcome II, 109. Gamba 1175. Krivatsy 861 (later edn.)
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