Libra Astronomica Ac Philosophica Qua Galilaei Galilaei Opiniones De Cometis A Mario Guicucio In

by Orazio Grassi

$19,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Perugia: Marci Naccarini, 1619. 4to. 72 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title vignette of one of the 1618 comets in the constellation of Libra, with large historiated initials and text diagrams. Antique calf in a contemporary style with gilt borders and gilt- ornamented spine; overall in superb condition. Item #13784 First edition of Grassi’s extraordinarily important and bitter attack

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