GALILEO, OPERE, FLORENCE, 1718, 3 VOLUMES, CONTEMPORARY VELLUM

3 volumes, 4to (250 x 178mm.), half-titles, series title in volume 1 (printed in red and black and with engraved vignette of Florence), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved portrait of Galileo in volume 1 (opposite e1), folding engraved plate in volume 1 (start of Le operazioni), woodcut diagrams and illustrations, volume 3 without blank leaf π4 and with blank leaf +++8, contemporary vellum, morocco lettering-pieces, a few deckle edges, T3v in volume 3 with printing flaw, small stain on T4r, bindings slightly rubbed

bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1993

Tomash & Williams G10; Carli & Favaro 431; Cinti 170; Riccardi i, 520

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Second edition of the works of Galileo. Volumes I-II are a reprint of the Bologna edition of 1655-1656; volume III consists of unpublished materials (detailed listing in Carli & Favaro, pp.104-109)