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[MINIATURE BOOK]. GALILEO. Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena. Padua: Tipogr. Salmin, 1896 (i.e. May 1897).
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. GALILEO. Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena. Padua: Tipogr. Salmin, 1896 (i.e. May 1897).

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[MINIATURE BOOK]. GALILEO. Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena. Padua: Tipogr. Salmin, 1896 (i.e. May 1897).

18 x 11mm. Portrait frontispiece. Original printed wrappers; velvet-lined chemise and morocco pull-off case. Provenance: Carroll Atwood Wilson (bookplate).

Spielmann 161: "One of the most famous and popular miniature books in existence"; Welsh 2935.