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- quod merito compendium vniuersae geometriae dixeris, autore Galiaeo Galilaei ... Ex italica lingua latine conuersus, adiectis notis, quibus & artificiosa instrumenti fabrica. & vsus vlterior exponitur., First edition, 1906, has title: Le operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare., Translation by Matthias Bernegger of Le operazione del compasso geometrico, et militare., "In tractatum de proportionum instrumento, notationes Mathis Berneggeri ...", p. 55-104.
- di Lotario Sarsi Sigensano [pseud.] scritto in forma di lettera all'illmo. et reuermo. monsre. d. Virginio Cesarini ... dal sig. Galileo Galilei., Engraved title within architectural border, the arms of Urban VIII in the upper panel, the Lincei device in the lower. Engraved illustrations and diagrams., First edition (second state)., Title and portrait of Galilei engraved by Francesco Villamena., Dedication (signed: Gli accademici lincei) followed by two poems in praise of the author, one in Latin by Johannes Faber, the other in Italian by Francesco Stelluti.
- scritte all'illvstrissimo signor Marco Velseri ... dal signor Galileo Galilei ... Si aggiungono nel fine le lettere, e disquisizioni del finto Apelle [Christoph Scheiner], Title vignette (device of the Accademia dei Lincei), Includes four letters from Welser to Galilei., Edited by Angelo de Filiis., The "Lettere e disquisizioni" of Scheiner has separate paging with half-title: De macvlis solaribvs tres epistol. De iisdem et stellis circa Iovem errantibvs. Disquisitio ad Marcvm Velservm August Vind. II. virum prf. Apellis post tabvlam latentis. Tabula ipsa aliarumq. obseruationum delineationibus suo loco expositis.
- I. Of the resistance of solids against fraction -- II. Of the cause of their coherence -- III. Of local motion, viz. equable, and naturally accelerate -- IV. Of violent motion, or of projects., by Galileo Galilei ... ; with an appendix concerning the center of gravity of solid bodies ; done into English from the Italian, by Tho. Weston ... and now publish'd by John Weston ..., Includes errata., Pages numbered 361-368 omitted., Title in red and black., Translation of Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuoue scienze attenenti alla mecanica i movimenti locali., Signatures: A⁴ b² B-3P⁴ 3Q⁵., Head- and tail-pieces., Includes index.