Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa, e filosofo, e matematico primario del serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopre 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.

Contributor:

Ferdinando II, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1610-1670.

Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664.

Landini, Gio. Batista (Giovanni Batista), printer.

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Dialogo dei massimi sistemi

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.

Ptolemy, active 2nd century.

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644.

Urban.

Ptolemy, active 2nd century--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.

Ptolemy.

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.

Copernicus, Nicolaus.

Celestial mechanics--Early works to 1800.

Celestial mechanics.

Science, Renaissance--Italy--Sources.

Science, Renaissance.

Criticism and interpretation.

Earth (Planet)--Rotation--Early works to 1800.

Earth (Planet).

Italy.

Genre:

Sources.

Penn Provenance:

Stokely, James (bookplate) (donor) (RBC copy)

Toma, Giacomo de (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate) (Lea copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 458 pages, 32 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo matematico sopraordinario dello stvdio di Pisa, e filosofo, e matematico primario del serenissimo Gr. Dvca di Toscana

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo al Ser[enissi]mo Ferd[inando] II. Gran. Duca di Toscana

Fingerprint:

i-e, r-ei a.a- SAte (3) 1632 (R)

Place of Publication:

In Fiorenza : Per Gio. Batista Landini, MDCXXXII [1632]

Notes:

Suppressed by Pope Urban VIII in 1633.

Added engraved title leaf depicting Galileo in discussion with Ptolemy and Copernicus (signed Stefan. Della Bella F.) reads: Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo al Sermo. Ferd. II. Gran Dvca di Toscana.

Signatures: pi⁴ A-2E⁸ 2F⁶ 2G-2K⁴ (2K4 blank).

Leaves 2B3 and 2B4 signed 2B2 and 2B3, respectively. Cf. Cinti.

Leaf E4 signed E6. Cf. Cinti. Penn Libraries Lea copy has leaf E4 correctly signed.

Register on leaf 2K3v.

Printed in italic type throughout.

Woodcut title vignette (device), initials, factotums, illustrations and diagrams.

Typographical ornaments.

Printed marginalia.

Errata on leaf 2F6.

In Penn Libraries Lea copy, leaf 2F6r has printed paper slip with 2 errata for p. 228 pasted over erratum for p. 255 at foot of leaf.

On leaf F6v, Simplicio's response to Salviati ("Ma credete voi forse che quelle gran macchie che si veggono nella faccia della Luna siano mari, e il resto più chiaro terra, ò cosa tale?") has been omitted; a printed slip pasted in the fore-edge margin of this leaf supplies the missing text.

Dedicated to Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries RBC copy imperfect: leaf 2K4 (blank) wanting.

Penn Libraries RBC copy is without the printed slip which supplies the text missing on leaf F6v.

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 1932 by James Stokley.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has bookplate of Giacomo de Toma on front pastedown and bookplate of James Stokley on front free endpaper; early ms. ownership inscription at foot of title leaf, largely struck through ("Di Giuliano ... fiorentino"), leaving a tear in the leaf which has been reinforced on the verso with Japanese paper.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on front free endpaper; some ms. corrections to text, printed marginalia, and illustrations; a few printed marginalia struck through; ms. marks on errata leaf.

Penn Libraries RBC copy bound in half tan leather over marbled green boards; spine tooled in gold; green leather spine label with brief title ("Galileo Dialogi") stamped in gold; red silk marker.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has added engraved title leaf in facsimile.

Penn Libraries RBC copy: gathering 2B bound in out of order as follows: 2B1, 2B2, 2B4, 2B3, 2B6, 2B5, 2B7, 2B8; leaves H1-H4 each has one or two small holes in central portion of leaf.

Penn Libraries Lea copy: a printed slip pasted in the fore-edge margin of leaf F6v supplies the text missing from the leaf.

Penn Libraries Lea copy has Henry Charles Lea's bookplate on front pastedown and his autograph (dated 1889) on front free endpaper.

Penn Libraries Lea copy has ms. notes in Lea's hand on front free endpaper; some early ms. corrections to text, printed marginalia and illustrations throughout and to signature marks on leaves 2B3 and 2B4; paper slip with ms. reproduction of diagram on leaf S4r laid in.

Penn Libraries Lea copy bound in half brown leather over marbled blue boards; spine tooled in gold; red morocco spine label with brief title ("Dialogo di Galileo Galilei") stamped in gold; red and white silk marker; all edges red.

Penn Libraries Lea copy has small hole in central portion of leaf 2I2; leaf 2K4 mended at fore-edge.

Cited in:

Burndy. Science, 8

Carli & Favaro. Galileiana, 128

Cinti, D. Galileiana, 89

Gamba, B. Testi ... importanti nella italiana letteratura, no. 475

Horblit, H.D. Grolier 100 science books, 18c

Riccardi, P. Matematica italiana, I, col. 511-512

Riccardi, P. Galileiana, no. 10.1

Yale. Cushing collection, G67

OCLC:

222935778