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Lot Number
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48
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Author
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[GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642) and Benedetto CASTELLI (1578-1643)].
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Title
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Risposta alle opposizioni del S. Lodovico delle Colombe, e del S. Vincenzio di Grazia, contro al Trattato del Sig. Galileo Galilei, delle cose che stanno su l'acqua, o che in quella si muovono.
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Year Published
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1615
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Place Printed
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Florence Cosimo Giunti
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Description
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[GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642) and Benedetto CASTELLI (1578-1643)]. Risposta alle opposizioni del S. Lodovico delle Colombe, e del S. Vincenzio di Grazia, contro al Trattato del Sig. Galileo Galilei, delle cose che stanno su l'acqua, o che in quella si muovono. Florence: Cosimo Giunti, 1615. 8. (242 x 170mm). Woodcut device on title and final verso, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, one diagram in text. (Light dampstain to lower margin, some foxing and spotting.) Uncut in later stiff card wrappers, titled in manuscript on spine.
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Lot Note
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FIRST EDITION, A UNIQUE PRINTER'S PROOF COPY, of Galileo's response to the attacks on his theory of hydrostatics presented in the Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II. 'The book on bodies in water drew attacks from four Aristotelian professors at Florence and Pisa, while a book strongly supporting Galileo's position appeared at Rome. Galileo prepared answers to his critics, which he turned over to [his student] Castelli for publication in order to avoid personal involvement. Detailed replies to two of them (Colombe and Grazia), written principally by Galileo himself, appeared anonymously in 1615, with a prefatory note by Castelli implying that he was the author and that Galileo would have been more severe' (DSB V 242). The present copy was evidently used as a proof by the printer, as can be judged from corrections made in pen to the title-page. A notably fresh and wide-margined copy. Carli-Favaro 14 (66); Cinti 118 (51); Riccardi I 289.
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Estimated Price
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GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00( USD 15200.00 - USD 22800.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 34,850.00 ( USD 52972.00)
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