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- Illustration of town's people viewing the Great Comet of 1680, which was the first comet to be discovered by telescope and the comet used by Isaac Newton to test Kepler's laws of planetary motion., Variant of broadsheet printed by Schollenberger in Nuremberg in 1680., Mounted on late nineteenth-century thick paper., Stamp on mounting paper: Sammlung Hans Hopf.
- Avtore Iohanne Keplero., Parts 2 and 3 have separate title-pages; part 3 dated 1620 on t.p. and 1619 on colophon., The comet of 1607 was later called Halley's comet., Errors in pagination: p. 109-110 repeated; 6 unnumbered pages follow p. 98, and 5 unnumbered pages follow p. 110., Signatures: *⁴ , A-T⁴ (T4 blank) .
- del signor Gio. Battista Stelluti ..., Signatures: [dagger]², A-L⁴., A defense of Galileo against the attack by Orazio Grassi (alias "Lotario Sarsi")., Includes errata., Two unrecorded printed correction slips pasted on p. 69., Francesco Stelluti, Giovanni's brother, is believed to have assisted in the writing of this book and Prince Cesi edited the book, toning down some of the theological passages.
- 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.
- 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 (first state, with errata on p. 236 consisting of 16 misprints)., 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., Portrait and poems (4p.l.) supplied in photostat. Photostat of p.235-236 in the second state inserted at end after p.236.
- By vigilant and diligent obseruations of Iohn Bainbridge Doctor of Physicke, and louer of the mathematicks., Title page illustration; headpieces and initials., A variant of the edition with the imprint: London, printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Fetherstone. 1618., Signatures: A-F⁴ G² (G2 blank)., The last leaf is blank., Errata p. [8].
- auctore eodem Lothario Sarsio sigensano., Written as an answer to Galileo's Il Saggiatore, the title of which is burlesqued as Simbellatore (i.e. Zimbellatore)., Lothario Sarsio sigensano is an anagram of Horatio Grassio salonensi., Includes errata., Signatures: [sec.]⁴ A-T⁴., Head- and tail-pieces., Includes bibliographical references and index.