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GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744. image 1
GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744. image 2
GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744. image 3
GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744. image 4
GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744. image 5
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GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS.
GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642.
Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua: Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744.

31 March – 8 April 2025, 12:00 EDT
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GALILEO'S COLLECTED WORKS.

GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Opere divise in quattro tomi. Padua: Giovanni Manfre e tipografia del Seminario, 1744.
4 volumes bound in 3. 4to (240 x 176 mm). Engraved printer's device on title pages, engraved portrait of the author in volume I, 1 folding plate, 1 letterpress table, numerous diagrams in text. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards. Rubbed, vellum slightly soiled, very minor spotting and browning.
Provenance: Antonio Cattani (Italian artist, active c. 1770-1780, ink ownership inscription on titles); Marchese Geraldo Summi-Picenardi (Italian author and diplomat, 1869-1926, bookplates).

A fine copy of the third collected edition, significant because it included "Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del Mondo" and "Trattato del modo di misurare con la vista," not included in previous versions. It was edited by astronomer and physicist Abbot Toaldo, thus obtaining tacit approval from the Church. Cinti 176; Houzeau & Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 522; Brunet II, 146.

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