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GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Opere … In questa nuova edizione accrescuite di molte cose inedite. Edited by Giuseppe Toaldo (1719-1797). Padua: Stamperia del Seminario, appresso Gio. Manfrè, 1744.
4 volumes, 4º (254 x 189mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Zucchi, title to vol. I in red and black, all titles with phoenix device, folding engraved plate, woodcuts in text, woodcut ornaments. Volume II with table on an inserted leaf in quire Xxx. (Frontispiece with tear at margin, marginal waterstains, vol. III without final blank.) Contemporary cartone rustica, manuscript title on spine of vol. I, all spines with volume number, uncut.
THIRD EDITION. UNCUT COPY IN A WELL-PRESERVED CARTONE RUSTICA BINDING. The Holy Office gave their permission for a more complete printing of the works in 1741. This most importantly included the Dialogo dei massimi sistemi which occupies volume IV. A list of the other ‘cose inedite’ is provided by Riccardi. Despite having this new freedom to print, the editor, Abbot Giuseppe Toaldo, professor of mathematics and astronomy at Padua, still had to obey the instructions of an Inquisitor of the Congregation of the Holy Office. Brunet II, 1461; Carli and Favaro 478; Cinti 176; Gamba p. 152; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 522.
4 volumes, 4º (254 x 189mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Zucchi, title to vol. I in red and black, all titles with phoenix device, folding engraved plate, woodcuts in text, woodcut ornaments. Volume II with table on an inserted leaf in quire Xxx. (Frontispiece with tear at margin, marginal waterstains, vol. III without final blank.) Contemporary cartone rustica, manuscript title on spine of vol. I, all spines with volume number, uncut.
THIRD EDITION. UNCUT COPY IN A WELL-PRESERVED CARTONE RUSTICA BINDING. The Holy Office gave their permission for a more complete printing of the works in 1741. This most importantly included the Dialogo dei massimi sistemi which occupies volume IV. A list of the other ‘cose inedite’ is provided by Riccardi. Despite having this new freedom to print, the editor, Abbot Giuseppe Toaldo, professor of mathematics and astronomy at Padua, still had to obey the instructions of an Inquisitor of the Congregation of the Holy Office. Brunet II, 1461; Carli and Favaro 478; Cinti 176; Gamba p. 152; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 522.
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