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Book/Printed Material Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte

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Title

  • Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte

Summary

  • The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was an attempt by Galileo to promote the heliocentric theory of the universe. In the Copernican system the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, while in the Ptolemaic system everything in the universe circles around the Earth. The Dialogue, published in Florence under a formal license from the Inquisition, attempted to skirt the controversy by couching the discussion in a fictional dialogue between Aristotle, Copernicus, and Ptolemy. The ruse was unsuccessful, and in 1633 Galileo was convicted of grave suspicion of heresy. Galileo was imprisoned, and the Dialogo was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books, from which it was not removed until 1835.

Names

  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
  • Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664, engraver
  • Landini, Gio. Batista (Giovanni Batista), printer
  • Liechtenstein, House of, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Fiorenza, Per Gio: Batista Landini, 1632.

Headings

  • -  Astronomy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Italy--Florence

Notes

  • -  Added engraved title pages, signed: Stefan. Della Bella F.
  • -  Suppressed by the Inquisition in 1633.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1350
  • -  LC copy has edges untrimmed.
  • -  LAC ecr 2018-10-24 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-02-07 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 5 p. l., 458, [32] p. diagrs. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB41 .G14
  • QB41 .G14 Copy 2 Rosenwald 1350. Contemporary limp vellum binding with Medici coat of arms on cover. From the Liechtenstein Collection.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12018406

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, Stefano Della Bella, Gio. Batista Landini, House Of Liechtenstein, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte. Fiorenza, Per Gio: Batista Landini, 1632. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/12018406/.

APA citation style:

Galilei, G., Della Bella, S., Landini, G. B., Liechtenstein, H. O. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1632) Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte. Fiorenza, Per Gio: Batista Landini. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12018406/.

MLA citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, et al. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa. E filosofo e matematico primario del serenissimo gr. duca di Toscana, doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico e copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una quanto per l'altra parte. Fiorenza, Per Gio: Batista Landini, 1632. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12018406/>.