HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 419 



8220 GALILEI (Galileo) La Operazione del Compasso Geometrico et Militare ; viith woodcuts 

 and diagrams, 4to. (?) LARGE Paper ; contemporary limp vellum {plate wanting^ name cut out 

 of title, and browned), Is Padova, P. FrambottOf 1640 



' Buona edizione.'— iJiccon/i. The above edition, which is mistakenly given by Brunei as the original one, is a reprint 

 of the excessively rare first edition of 1606, and contains Galileo's invention of the circle of proportion. 



8221 II Saggiatore, nel quale con Bilancia esquisita e giusta si ponderano le cose contenute 



nella libra astrononiica e filosofica di Lotaria Sarsi, prima edizione ; ivith engraved title and 

 fine portrait by VUlamoena, and engravings in text, sin. 4to. old English calf {joints mended, and 

 som^ II. slightly wormed, otherwise a large and sound copy) ; very rare, £2. 10s 



Roma, G. Mascardi, 1623 



8222 Another Copy, hj. Italian calf {engraved title and portrait stained, and some II. 



browned), £1. 15* 



An answer to Horatio Grassi's ' Libra Astroaomica ac Philosophica ' {v. Nos. S5S5-8580 post), and still unsurpassed as a 

 masterpiece of crushing scientific criticism. 



' Le discours de Giuducci et le Saggiatore ont pour objet de refuter les assertions des anciens philosophes, d'Aristote 

 principalement, sur les cometes, et de montrer que I'opinion la plus probable est que ce-s cometes sont des apparences 

 produites par des exhalaisons fetnanees des astres, r^iwindues dans I'espace et eclairees par le soleil, et qu'on n'en saurait 

 determiner la distance a la terre par le moyen des parallaxes, avant d'avoir prouve que ce ne sont pas des ph6nomfenes de 

 position comme I'arc-en-ciel. '—Libri. 



8223 Sidereus Nuncius, magna, longeque admirabilia Spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque 



proponens unicuique, prajsertim verb Phflosophis, atque Astronomis, quae k Galileo Galileo . . . 

 nuper k se reperti beneficio sunt observata in Lun^e Facie, Fixis Innuraeris, Lacteo Circulo, 

 Stellis Nebulosis, apprime verb in IV Planetis circa Jovis Stellam disparibus Intervallis, 

 atque Periodis, Celeritate niiraljili circumvolutis ; quos, nemini in banc usque Diem cognitos, 

 noyissimb Author depraehendit primus ; atc^ue Medicea Sidera nuncupandos decrevit, editio 

 princeps; unth 5 engravings on copper, diagrams, and figures of stars, 4to., Large Paper; 

 boards (fine copy), £5. 5* Venetiis, Thomas Baglionus, 1610 



The vkry rare original edition on large paper, which was reprinted by Kepler in the same year at Prague. 



It contains the first-fruits of Galileo's astronomical investigations with his newly invented telescope, which enabled 

 him to discover mountains and valleys on the surface of the moon (hitherto considered to be smooth), also that the mooa 

 was not self-luminous, but only reflected the light received by the sun. 



The most important discovery it contains however is that of the four satellites of Jupiter, called by him Medicean< 

 Stars, in honour of the family of his protector. Their different position at diff'erent times induced him finally to accept 

 the Copemican theory. He also found that the Milky Way is composed of countless separate stars, etc. etc. etc. 

 V. Gassendi, Nos. 8290-1, post. 



8224 : Les Nouvelles Pensees de Galilei, Mathematicien et Ingenieur du Due de Florence, 



oil par des Inuentions merueilleuses, et des Demonstrations inconnues iusques k present, il est 

 traitt^ de la proportion des Mouuements, tant Naturels, que Violents, et de tout ce qu'il y a de 

 plus subtil dans les Mechaniques et dans la Phisique. Traduit d'ltalien en Francois [par le P. 

 Marin Mersenne, o.m.]; with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, including a folding one at 

 end, 12mo. old calf gilt {binding slightly damaged) ; VERY RARE, £2. 2* P. Rocolet, 1639- 



' Mersenne was the first to render Galileo's fame known in France. The Nouvelles Pensees, which contain many (then) 

 unpublished discoveries of Galileo, seem undoubtedly to have been written by Mersenne. The work is very interesting, 

 as it contains curious additions to the ' Pense'es ' of Galileo, and seems to be almost unknown.'— Lii>ri Catalogue. 



8225 : [Allan-Olney (Mary)] The Private Life of Galileo, compiled principally from hi» 



Correspondence and that of his Eldest Daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, with portrait, vignette, 

 and pedigree, post 8vo. cl., uncut {scarce), 10s 6d 1870' 



8226 : BiOT (Jean Baptiste ; deVInstitut; F.R.s.) La V6rit6 sur les Proces de Galil6e, 



4to. (pp. 41), sewn, Zs 1858- 



8227 : [Brewster (Sir David, f.r.s.)] Life of Galileo, with Illustrations of the Advance- 

 ment of Experimental Philosophy, woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 3s w. d. 



8228 : Chasles (Philarbte, du ColUge de France) Galileo Galilei : sa Vie, son Procbs, et ses 



Contemporains, d'apres les Documents originaux, post 8vo. sewn {portrait uxinting) ; o.p., 2s 1862 



8229 — - — : Favaro (Antonio) Documenti Inediti per la Storia dei MSS. Galileiani nella 

 Biblioteoa Nazionale di Firenze, roy. 4to. sewn, with inscr. to Prof. D. Bierens de Haan, Is 6c? 



^ Eoma, 1886 



8230 : [Frisi (Paolo, Barnabita)] Elogj di Galileo Galilei e di Bonaventura Cavalieri, 



8vo. sewn, with MS. notes on margin, 3s Qd Milano, 1778 



8231 : Gebler (Karl v.) Galileo Galilei und die romische Curie, nach den authentischen 



Quellen, mit Band II; Die Acten des Galilei'schen Processes, nach der vaticanischen 



Handschrift herausgegeben— 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf German morocco {nice copy), 9s Stuttgart, 1876-7 

 8232 : Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia, from authentic Sources, translated 



by Mrs. George Sturge, 8vo. cl. {scarce), 12s 1879 



An excellent biography based on modem research. . 



8233 : Magagnati (Girolamo): Lettere del Sig. Girolamo Magagnati a diversi, dedicate 



al molto 111: Sig: Giulio Melchiori, a neatly written Manuscript, on 199 pp. of writing paper ^ 

 folio, old white vellum, £3. 10s -S^cpc. XV II. 



' This is an exceedingly curious manuscript, from Sir Thomas Phillipps's great collection, evidently prepared for 

 publication, with a dedication signed ' Rocho Agudi,' dated Veuetia li X Gen. 1620. Girolamo Magagnati, the author of 

 the poetical play la Clomlra, and of several very rare CapitoU burleschi, was one of the most curious characters of the 

 Seventeenth Century. By profession he was a provision merchant, who, whilst sending his wines etc. to the Grand Duke 

 of Tuscany, or the Queen of France, or other Princes, accompanied them, every now and then, with his poetical works. 

 Several of the letters contained in this manuscript are addressed to Galileo, and some of them are said to be unpublished. 



8234 : Marini (Marino) GALfLEO e TlNQUisiziONE : Memorie Storico-critiche dirette alia 



Romana Accademia di Archeologia, 8vo. sewn, 4s 6c? Boma, 1850 



8235 : Wegg-Prosser (Francis Richard) Galileo and his Judges, 8vo. cl. {scarce), ls6d 1889 



A defence of the Roman Curia, by a well-known Roman convert. It contains an analysis of the Dialogo as bearing on 

 Galileo's accusation. 



