Dialogo de Galileo Galileu Linceo Mathematico Sopraordinario [...], 1632

Dialogo de Galileo Galileu Linceo Mathematico Sopraordinario [...], 1632

GALILEU GALILEI
DIALOGO di Galielo Galilei Linceo. Matematico Sopaordinario dello Studio di Pisa. E Filosofo, e Matematico primario del Serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana. Doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano; proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni Filosofiche, e Naturali tanto per l'una, quanto per l'altra parte. In Fiorenza: Per Gio. Batista Landini, 1632.

[]//4, A-Z//8, Aa-Ee//8, Ff//6, Gg-Ii//4, Kk//3; [8], 458, [2], [30] pp.: il.; 220 mm. Contemporary full calf; wormholes on the biding, not present on text; foxing; red edges, lacking the engraved portrait.

FIRST EDITION. The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems needs no introduction and is, without a doubt, one of the most important scientific works ever published.

Published in Florence under formal license from the Inquisition, Galileo sought to minimize the controversy it would provoke by couching the discussion in a fictional dialogue between Aristotle, Copernicus, and Ptolemy. The strategy was unsuccessful, and in 1633 Galileo was convicted on suspicion of heresy, imprisoned, and the Dialogue placed on the Index of Forbidden Books, from which it was not removed until 1835.

A true treasure of Universal heritage.

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