[NATURAL PHENOMENA AND DISASTERS]. MARTELLINI, Nicodemo. Codice Meteorico? Che contiene tre Discorsi? [Meteoric Codex? Which contains three Discourses?] Venice: Girolamo Albruzzi, 1700. 4to. With a woodcut diagram of the effect astronomical objects have on tides. [2, blank], [vi], 1-16, 25-[43], [1, blank] pp. Approximately 12 ? x 8 ??. Bound in contemporary string-bound pastepaper over thin boards (binding worn, soiled, text thumbsoiled, some text leaves are slightly smaller than others with no apparent loss, some pages bound out of sequence, pp. 17-24 lacking, some intermittent pencil or ink notes throughout). Fair. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE SHORT TREATISE ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, TIDES, AND LIGHTNING.