NELLI, Giambattista Glemente de' (1735-1793). Vita e commercio letterario di Galileo Galilei. Lausanne: [no printer], 1793. 2 volumes, 4° (262 x 185mm). 2 engraved portraits, 8 plates, one in two states, 3 folding, one folding letterpress table. (First part title to vol. I soiled, torn and repaired, some waterstaining and soiling.) 19th-century half calf, uncut (a little rubbed). Provenance: Dr Louis Merzbacher (bookplates and signature at head of titles).

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NELLI, Giambattista Glemente de' (1735-1793). Vita e commercio letterario di Galileo Galilei. Lausanne: [no printer], 1793. 2 volumes, 4° (262 x 185mm). 2 engraved portraits, 8 plates, one in two states, 3 folding, one folding letterpress table. (First part title to vol. I soiled, torn and repaired, some waterstaining and soiling.) 19th-century half calf, uncut (a little rubbed). Provenance: Dr Louis Merzbacher (bookplates and signature at head of titles).

FIRST EDITION, containing the first bibliography of Galileo's works. Carli and Favaro 618: Cinti 182: Riccardi II, 195; and two other books by Paolo Frizi and Micanzio Fugenzio. (4)

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