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Galileo's O. Volume I/II, Galileo's Sidereus nuncius: A comparison of the proof copy (New York) with other paradigmatic copies (Vol. I). Needham: Galileo makes a book: the first edition of Sidereus nuncius, Venice 1610 (Vol. II) / Horst Bredekamp, Irene Brückle, Oliver Hahn, Paul Needham.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bredekamp, Horst, editor.
Brückle, Irene, editor.
Hahn, Oliver, editor.
Needham, Paul, editor.
Series:
Galileo's O ; Volume I/II
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Printing--Italy--Venice--History--17th century.
Printing.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (2 v. ) ill. (chiefly col.) ;
Place of Publication:
Berlin : Akademie Verlag, [2012]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius or "Sidereal Messenger" published in Venice in 1610, is one of those books that rewrote history, as did Copernicus' De revolutionibus and Newton's Principia. Its author's use of the telescope made it clear for the first time that celestial bodies like the moon have a surface just as craggy as Earth's. Galilei also realized that planets such as Jupiter form the center of their own planetary systems. His book would transform humanity's view of the cosmos forever. Afraid that his competitors would publish before he did, Galilei produced his work as if pursued by furies. Eight weeks after he wrote the first line it was on the market as a finished book. The first parts were already in the printer's workshop before the second part had been either researched or written. Traces of his breathless haste are apparent from the first to the last page but also add to the book's inimitable charm. It is all the more surprising then, that the Sidereus Nuncius' impact and influence has been studied but its physical origins as a book have not been. The most fundamental of questions, such as those of the book's printer, the material of its paper and the quality of its printed illustrations, have so far not even been raised, much less answered. The first volume presents the analyses made jointly by a group of paper analysts, materials scientists and book historians from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz), the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung), the Technische Universität Berlin, the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, the Graz University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Graz), the Rathgen Research Laboratory (Rathgen Forschungslabor) and the Fraunhofer Institute in 2007 and 2009. Research was based on a copy analyzed as galley proofs (New York), on one of the rare copies that remained uncut (Paris, now in Washington) and on a particularly significant copy from the completed print run (Graz). The second volume is by Paul Needham (Princeton University Library/Scheide Library). The "Pope" of early modern book history, he followed for the first time the production of the "Sidereal Messenger" day by day from January until March 1610. Nobody has ever traced such a significant book's progress through the conceptual, organizational and technical turmoil of its production with comparable precision. Among the main results of his research was the finding that the Sidereus Nuncius was constantly being changed, even during its printing, so each of its 450 copies can in principle be regarded as an original. As well as a unique analysis of Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius on the four hundredth anniversary of the book's publication, these two volumes also present a model of cooperation among the various disciplines involved in the research on it.
der "Sternenbote", Galileo Galileis im Jahre 1610 in Venedig publizierter Sidereus Nuncius, hat ebenso Geschichte geschrieben wie Kopernikus De revolutionibus und Newtons Principia. Erstmals wurde hier durch die Nutzung des Teleskopes deutlich, dass Gestirne wie der Mond eine ebenso zerklüftete Oberfläche besitzen wie die Erde. Zudem erkannte Galilei, dass Planeten wie der Jupiter das Zentrum eines eigenen Planetensystems bilden. Galileis Buch veränderte die Sicht des Kosmos für immer. Aus Angst davor, dass ihm die Konkurrenz zuvorkommen würde, hat Galilei sein Werk wie von Furien gehetzt produziert. Acht Wochen, nachdem er die erste Zeile geschrieben hatte, war es als fertiges Buch auf dem Markt. Die ersten Teile wurden bereits in der Druckerei gesetzt, als der zweite Teil weder erforscht noch geschrieben war. Von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite sind die Spuren dieser atemlosen Hast sichtbar geblieben, und auch hierin liegt sein unnachahmlicher Reiz. Umso mehr überrascht, dass der Sidereus Nuncius bislang nicht als Buch untersucht worden ist. Selbst grundlegende Fragen wie die nach dem Buchdrucker, dem Material des Papieres und der Eigenschaft der eingedruckten Abbildungen sind bisher weder gestellt, geschweige denn beantwortet worden. Der erste Band präsentiert die ausgearbeiteten Analysen, die gemeinsam von einer Gruppe von Buch- und Materialforschern aus der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, dem Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung, der Technischen Universität zu Berlin, der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Universitätsbibliothek Graz, dem Rathgen-Forschungslabor und dem Fraunhofer Institut in den Jahren 2007 und 2009 durchgeführt wurden. Der zweite Band stammt von Paul Needham (Princeton University Library/Scheide Library). Als "Papst" der Buchgeschichte der frühen Neuzeit hat er die Produktion des "Sternenboten" erstmals Tag für Tag vom Januar bis zum März 1610 verfolgt. Wohl niemals zuvor ist ein Buch von Bedeutung in vergleichbarer Präzision durch die konzeptionellen, organisatorischen und handwerklichen Komplikationen seiner Produktion verfolgt worden. Zu den Hauptergebnissen zählt die Erkenntnis, dass der Sidereus Nuncius selbst noch während seiner Drucklegung permanent verändert wurde, so dass seine 550 Exemplare im Prinzip allesamt als Originale gelten können. Mit einer einzigartigen Analyse von Galileis Sidereus Nuncius bieten beide Bände 400 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen dieses Buches auch ein Modell der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit.
Contents:
Front Matter
Volume I: The New York Sidereus Nuncius
Volume I: The Sidereus Nuncius in Federico Cesi's Library
Volume I: The Signature Inscription
Volume I: The Signature and Moon Outline Inks
Volume I: Bistre in the Drawing Process
Volume I: The Black Deposit
Volume I: The Drawings: The Example of Page 8r
Volume I: II Turning the Pages of the New York Sidereus Nuncius
Volume I: The Photographs
Volume I: III From the Drawings to the Etchings
Volume I: The Example of the Large Crater
Volume I: Digital Image Analysis
Volume I: Modeling the Transfer
Volume I: Printing the Etchings
Volume I: Galileo's Break with the Venetian Woodcut
Volume I: Performance of the Etchings
Volume I: IV The Printing Materials
Volume I: The Paper
Volume I: The Letterpress Printing Inks
Volume I: The Page Layout
Volume I: Watermark Distribution in Selected Copies
Volume I: The Example of the Graz Copy
Volume I: V Afterword
Volume I: The Fingerprints and Other Discoveries
Volume II
Volume II: Introduction
Volume II: I. January 1610
Volume II: II. Structure, Format and Paper of Sidereus Nuncius
Volume II: III. Printing Materials
Volume II: IV. Design and Layout
Volume II: V. The Sidereus Nuncius Autograph Dossier
Volume II: VI. Quire B
Volume II: VII. Quire C
Volume II: VIII. The Moon Etchings
Volume II: IX. Quire D
Volume II: X. Quires E-F-G
Volume II: XI. Parallel Printing and Running Titles (with David Vander Meulen)
Volume II: XII. Quire A; The Completed Book
Volume II: XIII. The Martayan Lan Proof Copy
Volume II: XIV. Publication and Distribution; Galileo's Presentations
Volume II: Appendix
Back Matter
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
ISBN:
3-05-006240-1
OCLC:
948655862

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