(Boscovich, R. J.). De motu corporum projectorum in spatio non resistente dissertatio habita in Seminario Romano Soc. Jesu. Rom, A. de Rubeis, 1740. 4to (24,5:18 cm). Mit 1 gefalt. Kupfertafel. XXII S. Alter Umschlag.

Riccardi I/1, 173, 9; DSB II, 330 f.; nicht bei Martinovic - Erste Ausgabe, selten. "Science in general took its lead in physics from Newton and in mathematical analysis from Leibniz, and it was a root of Bošković's idiosyncrasy that, whether deliberately or not, he took the opposite tack in both respects... In mechanics (as in optics), however, his allegiance to Newton was qualified" (DSB). - Tafel etwas stockfleckig u. knapp beschnitten, Angabe des Stechers unten abgeschnitten, sonst sehr gutes und breitrandiges Exemplar.

First edition of this rare dissertation on the motion of unresisting projected bodies in space. - Plate somewhat trimmed with loss of the engraver at lower margin, slight foxing to plate. Text with wide margins, bound in old cardboards.