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Astronomia

Galileo Galilei

Works of Galileo Galilei, Florentine nobleman, 1656

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Bologna, Per gli HH del Dozza, 1656. In 4°. 2 vols. First volume: half-title, title page (both detached), mark on the title page, portrait of the author on the verso of X1, folded engraving, numerous illustrations in the text, detached half-title, frontispiece, some initial leaves (+2-+6) and the last leaves (D2-E4), numerous wormholes, missing portrait of Galileo, some browning and foxing, contemporary calf binding, red edges, detached boards and spine, some losses, defects. Ownership stamp on the frontispiece. Second volume: Half-title, title page "Sydereus Nuncius magna, longeque admirabilia [...]", Bologna, ex typograqpgia H H. de Ducijs, 1555. Numerous illustrations in the text, wormholes, some reddening and foxing, contemporary calf binding, red edges, some losses, defects. Ownership stamp on the half-title.


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First edition of the first complete collection of Galileo's works, each with its own title page and dated 1655 or 1656.

Volume I:

The operations of the geometric and military compass of Galileo Galilei Annotations by Mattia Bernaggeri on the Treatise on the Instrument of Proportions by Mr. Galileo Galilei Vsus et fabrica circini cuiusdam proportionis, per quem omnia ferè tum Euclidis, tum mathematicorum omnium problemata facile negotio resoluuntur. Speech to the Most Serene Don Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, concerning things that are on water or that move in it. Apologetic speech by Lodouico delle Colombe, on the speech of St. Galileo Galilei, concerning things that are on water, or that move in it. Response to the objections of Mr. Lodouico delle Colombe and Mr. Vincenzo di Gratia, against the treatise of Mr. Galileo Galilei, on things that are on water, or that move in it. Of the science of mechanics, and of the utilities derived from its instruments. A work by Galileo Galilei, with a fragment on the force of impact.

Volume II:
Sydereus nuncius magna, longeque admirabilia spectacula pandens, suscipiendaque proposens vnicuique, History and demonstrations concerning sunspots and their accidents De tribus cometis anni 1618 astronomical disputatio publicè habita in Collegio Romano Societatis Iesu ab vno ex patribus eiusdem societatis The assayer in which with an exquisite and just balance the things contained in the astronomical and philosophical Libra are weighed. Letter to the Most Reverend Father Tarquinio Galluzzi. From the Society of Jesus. By Mario Guiducci. Discourses and mathematical demonstrations on two new sciences, dealing with mechanics and local motions Letter from Mr. Galileo Galilei to Father Christoforo Grienberger ... Concerning the mountainous areas of the moon.

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