PHYSICS. Manuscript, De Mundo et Cœlo [title on spine, early - Lot 528

PHYSICS. Manuscript, De Mundo et Cœlo [title on spine, early 17th century]; Latin; one small folio volume (26x19cm) of 241pages, contemporary brown basane binding, gilt fleuron on boards (binding a little worn). The manuscript, whose 1st leaf is missing, opens with "Quaestio 2a"; it bears at the end the inscription "Estienne Serrinet de Dole Obiit 1674". The pages are filled with small, tight handwriting in brown ink. The text, probably intended for pedagogical purposes and inspired by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, is composed of questions (Quaestio) and chapters (Caput) or books (Liber). - I De Mundo] Quaestio 2a ("De causa mundi effectrice") to 8. - Liber 2 De Cœlo, questions 1 to 6 ("De causa motrice et motu firmamenti De Planetarum")... Etc. It deals with the constellations (Syderibus), the elements making up the universe, meteors and comets, the formation of steam, water; the last question concerns the rainbow (Iris parelia)... Ink stamps of the Bibliothèque A. Pavaillon Library, Dijon.