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A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE SET.
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(i) GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Opere, Padua: Stamperia del Seminario, 1744, 4 volumes, 4° (247 x 177mm.), engraved portrait, one folding engraved plate, illustrations, 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards by J. Wright, flat-backed spines decorated in gilt with green morocco lettering-pieces. [Brunet II, 1461: "cette édition contient le Dialogue sur le /système du monde, augmenté, et qui manque dans plusieurs autres éditions"; Carli & Favaro Bibliografia Galileiana 478; Sotheran 1437].
(ii) Memorie e Lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo ordinate ed illustrate con annotazioni dal Cav. Giambatista Venturi, Modena: G. Vicenzi, 1818-21, 2 volumes in one, 4° (247 x 177mm.), FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits, 12 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), half vellum by J. Wright uniform with the above. [Brunet II, 1463; Carli & Favaro Bibliografia Galileiana 668].
(iii) CLEMENTE, Giovanni Batista. Vita e Commercio Letterario di Galileio Galilei, Lausanne, 1793, 2 volumes, 4° (247 x 177mm.), FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits, 8 engraved plates, one folding table, half vellum by J. Wright uniform with the above. (7)
(ii) Memorie e Lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo ordinate ed illustrate con annotazioni dal Cav. Giambatista Venturi, Modena: G. Vicenzi, 1818-21, 2 volumes in one, 4° (247 x 177mm.), FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits, 12 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), half vellum by J. Wright uniform with the above. [Brunet II, 1463; Carli & Favaro Bibliografia Galileiana 668].
(iii) CLEMENTE, Giovanni Batista. Vita e Commercio Letterario di Galileio Galilei, Lausanne, 1793, 2 volumes, 4° (247 x 177mm.), FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits, 8 engraved plates, one folding table, half vellum by J. Wright uniform with the above. (7)