Change Author / Owner : Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo, e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana. Doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano; : proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche, e naturali tanto per l'vna, quanto per l'altra parte
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Suppressed by the Inquisition in 1633.
Collation: 4to: pi⁴ A-2E⁸ 2F⁶ 2G-2K⁴ [$4 (-2F4, 2GHIK3,4) signed; missigning 2B3,4 as 2B2,3]; 250 leaves, pp. [8 unn.] 1-458 [459-460] [32 unn.] + engraved title. Agrees with register, which refers to the unsigned preliminary gathering as [dagger].
Signature register and colophon (same as title page): leaf 2K3v.
Cancel slip: p. 92 (to add a side note).
Printer's device, head- and tail-pieces; initials; side-notes; woodcut diagrams.
Errata: p. [459]-[460].
Includes index.
Final leaf is blank.
Horblit, H.D. Grolier 100 science books, 18c
Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 8
Carli & Favaro. Bib. galileiana, 128
Cinti, D. Bib. galileiana, 89
Grassi, G. Union cat. of European astronomical observatories, p. 273
Hook & Norman. Haskell F. Norman Lib., 858
Lalande, J.J. Le F. de. Bib. astronomique, p. 198
Osler, W. Bib. Osleriana, 919
Riccardi, P. Bib. matematica, I, col. 511
Sallander, H. Bib. Walleriana, 12043
BL Italian, 17th cent., p. 372
Yale. Cushing Collection, G67
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SCDIRB copy 39088015628373 has p. 389-390 and 393-394 misbound. Page order from 388 is: 388, 391, 392, 389, 390, 395, 396, 393, 394, 397 (and continues in the usual order from there).
SCDIRB copy has the errata leaf, and also the cancel slip pasted on p. 92.
SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ..., gift of Bern Dibner.
SCDIRB copy has an old light green paste-paperboard binding with red gilt-tooled spine labels (wax seal on spine wanting?); re-backed. Housed in a modern gray paperboard portfolio with marbled paper spine, printed spine label, and fabric ties.
SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Adopt-a-Book. Gift of Gail Enfiajian in honor of the Enfiajian family grandchildren.
