Discorso…sopra l’Apparizione de la Nuova Stella. E sopra le tre oscurazioni del Sole e de la Luna nel anno 1605. Con alquanto di lume del arte del Oro

by Raffaello Gualterotti

$25,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

1605. Woodcut Medicean arms on title. 36 pp. Small 4to, attractive antique calf final five leaves a little stained & with some minor marginal paper repairs , spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Florence: C. Giunti, 1605. First edition of this rare and important book on the new star of October 1604; it plays a significant role in the first great controversy of Galileo’s scientific career in which he turned his back on the whole

• Binding: Leather

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