OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI NOBILE FIORENTINO [Three Volumes]
by Galilei, Galileo
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- Hardcover
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- See description
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Firenze [Florence]: Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi, 1718. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos, Three volumes. In Very Good condition.
Bound in full contemporary vellum, with leather labels to heads of spines (remnants of newer labels to tails of spines) and small ink lettering to spines. Mild soiling and wear to vellum. Subtle restoration to bindings, not visible from from exterior with the exception of newer head and tail bands. Ownership stamp appears on all title pages, and rear endpaper of Vol. II.: "B. Jankovich". Frontispiece bound in at lvi. Vol. II. ii4 has small hole from thin paper, and pp4 has small repair to closed tear. Includes nineteen full page engravings, and one folding plate of Galileo's compass (which remained unsurpassed until the advent of the slide rule in the mid-nineteenth century). Shelved in Case 3.
CONTENTS: Vol. I. ([6], viii, viii-cxii, 628 pages, [2]) -- Vol. II. ([8], 722 pages, [1]) -- Vol. III. ([4], 484 pages, [4], [48]). The Second Edition, which also serves as the first complete edition of Galileo's works. The added works are mostly contained in Volume III. While called complete, it does not contain the two works listed on the Index Prohibitorum. 1356593. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Bound in full contemporary vellum, with leather labels to heads of spines (remnants of newer labels to tails of spines) and small ink lettering to spines. Mild soiling and wear to vellum. Subtle restoration to bindings, not visible from from exterior with the exception of newer head and tail bands. Ownership stamp appears on all title pages, and rear endpaper of Vol. II.: "B. Jankovich". Frontispiece bound in at lvi. Vol. II. ii4 has small hole from thin paper, and pp4 has small repair to closed tear. Includes nineteen full page engravings, and one folding plate of Galileo's compass (which remained unsurpassed until the advent of the slide rule in the mid-nineteenth century). Shelved in Case 3.
CONTENTS: Vol. I. ([6], viii, viii-cxii, 628 pages, [2]) -- Vol. II. ([8], 722 pages, [1]) -- Vol. III. ([4], 484 pages, [4], [48]). The Second Edition, which also serves as the first complete edition of Galileo's works. The added works are mostly contained in Volume III. While called complete, it does not contain the two works listed on the Index Prohibitorum. 1356593. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356593
- Title
- OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI NOBILE FIORENTINO [Three Volumes]
- Author
- Galilei, Galileo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi
- Place of Publication
- Firenze [Florence]
- Date Published
- 1718
- Keywords
- History of Science
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Tail
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