De lucernis antiquorum reconditis libb. sex : in quibus earum recens inuentarum adhuc ardentium obseruationes multae primum afferuntur ... : explicatis diligenter abditissimis quaestionibus de ignium causis, origine, varietate, duratione, motu, & extinctu, de antiperistasi, fumo, cinere, lentore, mistis incombustibilibus, brutorum funeribus, & alijs naturae arcanis ... (1652)
Liceti, Fortunio, 1577-1657, Georgi, Giovanni, active 1617-1656 · Vtini [Udine] : Ex typographia Nicolai Schiratti ; Prostant Patauij [Padua] : Apud Franciscum Bolzettam · leaf 539
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