Phonurgia Nova sive Conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & naturae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúm[que] prodigiosorum causæ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur : instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúm[que] ad naturæ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámue sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singurlaris hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per nouam phonologiam describitur.
Kempten: Per Rudolphum Dreherr, 1673.
Price: $15,000.00
A fine copy in near-contemporary stiff vellum (small defects to spine.) Internally, this copy is in fine condition with only minor cosmetic blemishes (occasional spots or marginal foxing. Half-title lightly soiled). Overall crisp and bright.The “Phonurgia” is illustrated with an added engraved allegorical title by G. And. Wolfgang after Felix...
