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Title: Memorie E Lettere Inedite Finora O Disperse Di Galileo Galilei : Ordinate Ed Illustrate Con Annotazioni Dal Cav. Giambatista Venturi - Opera Destinata Per Servire Di Supplemento Alle Principali Collezioni Sin Qui Stampate Degli Scritti Di Quell'insigne Filosofo. Parte Seconda - Dall'anno 1616 Fino Alla Sua Morte Del 1642 [ only]
Description: Per G. Vincenzi e comp, Modena , 1821, 1st edition. Printers wraps, VG. [iv]+368pp, engraved portrait frontis, 5 engraved plates ( 1 folding ) wide margined un trimmed copy, title a little yellowed. Printers wraps a little soild, but generally a nice clean & unsophisticated copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A collection of the hitherto unpublished letters & manuscripts of Galileo Galilei [ 1564 - 1642 ] the Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. The frontis is after the 1613 engraved portrait by Francesco Villamena. Giovanni Battista Venturi [ 1746 - 1822 ] Italian physicist, man of letters and historian of science, probably best known as the discoverer of the Venturi effect.

Keywords: science, galileo, astronomy, physics

Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Eastleach Books
- Book number: 51354