Sold for:
$54,000
$54,000
Galileo, Galilei (1564-1642) Dialogo . Florence: Landini, 1632. First edition, quarto, with engraved title and cancel slip pasted on page ninety-two; manuscript letter H added to the diagram on page 192; Ff6 with errata, collated, lacking the final blank, untrimmed throughout, with occasional browning, blank margin at foot of title formerly trimmed away, very neatly restored, barely noticeable; bound in solid 18th century Italian parchment over stiff boards, flaky red label on spine; ex libris R.W. Martin, Grolier Club member, pasted inside the front board. Galileo overturns the order of the universe and runs afoul of the Holy See.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
