Galileo Galilei - Opere di Galileo Galilei - 1718

Galileo, Galileo

Works of Galileo Galilei, the Lincean, noble Florentine, formerly lector of mathematics at the Universities of Pisa and Padua, later supernumerary in the Studio of Pisa. Chief philosopher and mathematician of the Most Serene Grand Duke of Tuscany. In this new edition, together gathered and including various treatises by the same author, no longer printed, augmented.

Florence, Tartini & Franchi, 1718. Three volumes.

Rare first collection in three volumes; second issue of some parts of the Works and first print of numerous writings by Galileo, or texts hitherto unpublished in any form, among which the Sixth Day (Giornata) of Discourses and mathematical demonstrations around the new sciences.

The first volume presents a refined copper-engraved frontispiece in black and red, as well as an engraved portrait of Galileo; there is also a folded plan or chart, a folded plate relating to the compass, numerous woodcut plates, astronomical drawings, mathematical tables and diagrams spread across the three volumes, in addition to numerous and fine initial woodcuts.

In quarto, mm 241 × 180. Elegant contemporary binding in full parchment with a clasp.

Collation: CXII, 628, 2 pages of errata; [VIII], 722, errata; [VI], 484, [50 pages of errata, index, registers, etc.].

An exceptionally high-quality specimen, with wide margins and unusually fresh. Crisp paper and in some cases of higher grammage. Rare preservation in contemporary binding, neat and particularly clean in every part. The only defect discernible from the photos is that the eyelets have been restored and resealed, probably because they were not inserted originally and were added later.

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