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INCHOFER, Melchior (c.1584-1648). Tractatus syllepticus, in quo, quid de terrae, solisq. motu, vel statione, secundum S. Scripturam, & Sanctos Patres sentiendum, quave certitudine alterutra sententia tenenda sit, breviter ostenditur. Rome: Ludovicus Grignanus, 1633.
4° (202 x 140mm). Engraved title vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, with first blank. (A3 torn and repaired with only very insignificant loss affecting one or two letters, tiny marginal tears to B2, E2, F2 and N2, minor scattered browning and spotting.) Modern pasteboard binding (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: 'G.' (booklabel).
EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT WORK RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF GALILEO. In 1633 the Vatican appointed Inchofer, a Jesuit of Viennese origin (sometimes spelled Imhofer), to assess Galileo's Dialogue, along with Agostino Oreggi and Zaccaria Pasqualigo. Inchofer concluded, and published in the present work, that the Dialogue taught Copernicanism and that Galileo was a Copernican. ONLY ONE OTHER COPY HAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (Swann Galleries, sale 1576, lot 254, 1991, a Vatican duplicate; ABPC/RBH).
4° (202 x 140mm). Engraved title vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, with first blank. (A3 torn and repaired with only very insignificant loss affecting one or two letters, tiny marginal tears to B2, E2, F2 and N2, minor scattered browning and spotting.) Modern pasteboard binding (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: 'G.' (booklabel).
EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT WORK RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF GALILEO. In 1633 the Vatican appointed Inchofer, a Jesuit of Viennese origin (sometimes spelled Imhofer), to assess Galileo's Dialogue, along with Agostino Oreggi and Zaccaria Pasqualigo. Inchofer concluded, and published in the present work, that the Dialogue taught Copernicanism and that Galileo was a Copernican. ONLY ONE OTHER COPY HAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (Swann Galleries, sale 1576, lot 254, 1991, a Vatican duplicate; ABPC/RBH).
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