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Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare.
Bound with the author's Difesa di Galileo. Venetia, 1607.
Tractatvs de proportionvm instrvmento
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.
Il saggiatore nel quale con bilancia esquisita e giusta siponderano le cose contenute nella Libra astronomica e filosofica
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.
Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II, gran duca di Toscana : intorno alle cose, che stanno sù l'acqua, ò che in quella si muouono
di Galileo Galilei ..., T.p. and dedication for Risposta alle oppositioni by Galileo Galilei are included at [1]-[4] (2nd group)., Signatures: [cross]², [cross]², A-G⁴, H⁶., Handwritten notes throughout text.
Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti comprese in tre lettere
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.
Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues ...
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.