Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Galilei (Galileo) Opere, edited by Carlo Manolessi, 2 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella, portrait of Galileo by Francesco Villamena, and a folding plate of a proportional compass, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, woodcut ornaments, head-pieces and initials, vol.1 title and dedication f. for 'Risposta alle oppositione del Sig. Lodovico delle Colombe e del Sig. Vincenzo di Gratia' misbound before 'Discorso al...Don Cosimo II', also in 'Della scienza mecanica' D3&4 misbound within sig. E, vol.2 in 'Macchie Solari' 2ff. 'Moediceorum Planetarum' (p.105) misbound between pp.60 and 61, A2 of 'Il Saggiatore' with short tear within text, but without loss, Ee4 upper blank corner torn away, not affecting text, water-stained throughout, causing the odd instance of marginal damp-spotting and darker staining in lower corner of F2, O2 (purple hue) and V2 (also frayed in stained area, not affecting text), occasional spotting, later endpapers, 18th century mottled calf, spine in compartments, later gilt and double red morocco labels, [Carli and Favaro 251; Cinti 132; Honeyman 1418; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 518; Tomash & Williams G9], small 4to, Bologna, Heirs of Dozza [for Carlo Manolessi], 1656-1655.

⁂ First collected edition of the works of Galileo, dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinand II. It contains hitherto unpublished material collected by Galileo's disciple Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703).