Sale 776: Rare Books & Manuscripts

Author
Boccacio, Giovanni; V. Borghini, A. Benivieni, S. Antinori and A. Guicciardini.
Headline
Expurgated edition of the Decameron, 1573
Publisher
Nella Stamperia de i Giunti
Date Published
1573; 1574

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Collected Works

Author
Bohr, Niels
Headline
Collected Works of Niels Bohr in 12 volumes
Publisher
North-Holland
Date Published
[1986]

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Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925

Author
Borras, [Thomas] and others.
Headline
Scarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatre
Publisher
[G. Martinez Sierra]
Date Published
[1926]

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order...First American from the Fifth London Edition

Author
Boswell, James
Headline
First U.S. ed. of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson
Publisher
W. Andrews and L. Blake
Date Published
1807

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and Notes by Various Hands.

Author
Boswell, James
Headline
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, nicely bound
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
[1835]

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Mille et un Livres Botaniques, repertoire bibliographique de la bibliotheque Arpad Plesch

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(Botanical)
Author
Plesch, Arpad
Headline
Arpad Plesch Mille et un Livres Botaniques
Publisher
Arcade
Date Published
1973

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Three works on early photography by M.P.W. Boulton, bound together

Author
Boulton, M.P.W. [Matthew Piers Watt]
Headline
Early attempts at photography
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans
Date Published
1863; 1864; 1865

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Articles on the Barometer, Baroscope, and other matters by Robert Boyle, in two issues of Philosophical Transactions

Author
Boyle, Robert
Headline
Robert Boyle on the barometer, 1666
Publisher
Royal Society of London
Date Published
1666

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A History of the Art of Bookbinding with Some Account of the Books of the Ancients.

Author
Brassington, W. Salt, editor
Headline
One of 50 large paper copies, nicely bound
Publisher
Elliot Stock
Date Published
1894

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Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe.

Author
Brune, Johan de
Headline
With 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch life
Publisher
Abraham Latham
Date Published
[c. 1688]

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The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on his Writings. To Which are Prefixed, some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry.

Author
Burns, Robert
Headline
Nicely bound set of Robert Burns' works
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; W. Creech
Date Published
1801

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The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz

Author
Burton, Richard F., translator
Headline
Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'di
Publisher
Philip Allan & Co.
Date Published
1928

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A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night...

Author
Burton, Sir Richard F., translator
Headline
Arabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely bound
Publisher
Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only
Date Published
1885

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42

The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq.

Author
Byron, Lord
Headline
Nicely bound in 17 volumes by Birdsall
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1832-1833

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43

The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War

Author
Caesar, Caius Julius
Headline
Duncan's Caesar with plates & maps, 1753
Publisher
J. & R. Tonson, et al.
Date Published
1753

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L'Aeronautica Italiana Nell'Immagine 1487-1875

Author
Caproni, Timina Guasti and Achille Bertarelli
Headline
L'Aeronautica Italiana...1487-1875
Publisher
Museo Caproni
Date Published
1938

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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits

Author
Carroll, Lewis
Headline
Hunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & Son
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1876

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures of All North American Birds...

Author
Cassin, John
Headline
Cassin's Birds of California finely bound
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Date Published
1862

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Don Quixote de la Mancha

Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Headline
Don Quixote, nicely bound by J. Wright
Publisher
J.J. Dubochet & Co.
Date Published
1837

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[Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended

Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Headline
Don Quixote in English, 1652,
Publisher
Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke
Date Published
1652

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[Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Headline
Illustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumes
Publisher
J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
Date Published
1756

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William Roscoe of Liverpool

Author
Chandler, George
Headline
Specially bound by Zaehnsdorf after Fazakerley
Publisher
B.T. Batsford Ltd.
Date Published
1953

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51

Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l’Orient

Author
Chardin, Jean
Headline
Travels to Persia with many copperplates, 1723
Publisher
André Cailleau
Date Published
1723

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The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes

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(Civil War)
Author
Miller, Francis Trevelyan, editor
Headline
Complete Photographic History of the Civil War
Publisher
The Review of Reviews Co.
Date Published
1911-12

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53

Faust

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(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)
Author
Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]
Headline
Signed by illustrator Harry Clarke
Publisher
George G. Harrap
Date Published
[1925]

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54

The Character of a London Diurnal

Author
[Cleveland, John]
Headline
Satirical poems of John Cleveland, 1647
Date Published
1647

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The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Author
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Headline
Coleridge's Literary Remains, 1st edition
Publisher
William Pickering
Date Published
1836-39

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Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English

Heading
(Columbus, Christopher)
Author
Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editor
Headline
Publisher's copy of Columbus' Book of Privileges
Publisher
B.F. Stevens
Date Published
1892

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The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles

Author
[Combe, William]
Headline
With 20 hand-colored aquatint plates
Publisher
Matthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. Turnbull
Date Published
[1821]

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Beautiful Seaweeds Illustrated by Natural Specimens. Also, Instructions for the formation of a Herbarium of Marine Algae, and a complete list of the British species

Author
Cook, James
Headline
With 42 plates of pressed seaweed specimens
Publisher
Published by J. & J. Cook, Printers
Date Published
[1881]

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Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings

Author
Coomaraswamy, Ananda, translator
Headline
Indian love songs trans. by Coomaraswamy
Publisher
The Old Bourne Press
Date Published
1915

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60

The Art of Walter Crane

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(Crane, Walter)
Author
Konody, P.G.
Headline
The Art of Walter Crane, deluxe edition of 100
Publisher
George Bell and Sons
Date Published
1902

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Contract for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba

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(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
Cuban Chinese indentured servant who "deserted"
Date Published
1872-[1877]

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Manuscript Expediente regarding a slave as the subject of an inheritance

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(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
A slave inherited in Cuba, 1870 manuscript
Date Published
c.1870

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Manuscript listing on printed form of Chinese indentures servants/slaves being imported into Cuba

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(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
Listing of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1862
Date Published
c.1862

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Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin

Heading
(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
Chinese & Black slaves sold in Cuba
Date Published
1856-57

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Two contracts for Chinese indentured servants/slaves in Cuba

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(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
Contracts for Cuban Chinese indentured servants
Date Published
1872-[1877]

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The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in Conformity with its Organization... with Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many Not Before Noticed by Edward Griffith and Others.

Author
Cuvier, Baron [Georges]
Headline
Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, complete in 16 volumes
Publisher
Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker
Date Published
[1827-1835]

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Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum.

Author
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Headline
With 64 engraved caricatures by Da Vinci
Publisher
John Clarke
Date Published
1786

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Four works relating to Charles Darwin, two of them signed by his son Francis Darwin

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(Darwin, Charles)
Headline
Four volumes relating to Charles Darwin
Date Published
Various dates

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Selected Works of Charles Darwin

Author
Darwin, Charles
Headline
Works of Charles Darwin, Westminster Edition
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
[1893]

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Seven works by Charles Darwin in eight volumes

Author
Darwin, Charles
Headline
19th cent. eds. of works by Charles Darwin
Publisher
John Murray [& Ward, Lock]
Date Published
Various dates

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Three works in seven volumes, of life and letters of Charles Darwin and his family

Author
Darwin, Charles
Headline
Life & Letters of Darwin & his family
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
Various dates

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The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise: Proving the Temptation and Fall of Man by the Instrumentality of a Serpent Tempter.

Author
Deane, John Bathurst
Headline
Theological treatise on snake worship
Publisher
J. Hatchard and Son; C.J.G. & F. Rivington
Date Published
1830

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73

Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dicken's Christmas books in original cloth
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[1845]

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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Martin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by Phiz
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1844

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Master Humphrey's Clock

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
First combined edition of Humphrey's Clock
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[1840-41]

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Master Humphrey's Clock

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1840-41

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Our Mutual Friend

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Our Mutual Friend, first ed. in book form
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1865

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Nicely bound copy of the Pickwick Papers
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Date Published
1944

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The Works of Charles Dickens

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens' Works handsomely bound by Asprey
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Date Published
1897-1899

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The French Bulldog: History of the Origin of the Breed, Its Cultivation and Development

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(Dogs - French Bulldog)
Author
[Vedder, O.F., et al.]
Headline
The French Bulldog, 1926
Publisher
Hamilton Printing Co. for The French Bulldog Club of America
Date Published
[1926]

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The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports

Author
Doughty, John & Thomas
Headline
First American sporting book with color plates
Publisher
J. & T. Doughty
Date Published
1830; 1832

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82

The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition

Author
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Headline
Works of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signed
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1903

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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus

Author
Dryden, John, translator
Headline
Dryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693
Publisher
Jacob Tonson
Date Published
1693

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84

Peter Ibbetson

Author
Du Maurier, George
Headline
Peter Ibbetson, nicely bound by Knickerbocker
Publisher
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Date Published
1891

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85

Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám

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(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
Author
Fitzgerald, Edward, translator
Headline
One of 750 signed by artist Edmund Dulac
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1909]

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The Bells and Other Poems

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(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan
Headline
Poe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund Dulac
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1912]

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With Edison at Schenectady, 1892

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(Edison, Thomas Alva)
Author
Butler, William H.
Headline
Edison at Schenectady industrial photo album
Publisher
American Aristotype Co.
Date Published
1892

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88

The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus

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(Egypt)
Author
Budge, E.A. Wallis
Headline
Wallis Budge study of the Rosetta Stone
Publisher
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.
Date Published
1904

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Collection of 50 large-format albumen photographs of Egyptian monuments by the Zangaki Brothers and other commercial photographers

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(Egypt)
Author
Zangaki Brothers, and others
Headline
50 large-format albumen photos of Egypt
Date Published
c.1880

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90

The Evolution of Physics

Author
Einstein, Albert and Leopold Infeld
Headline
Einstein's Evolution of Physics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
1938

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The Meaning of Relativity

Author
Einstein, Albert
Headline
Inscribed by Einstein to future Baptist minister
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
1950

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Family Secrets, or Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy

Author
[Ellis, Sarah Stickney]
Headline
Family Secrets by Sarah Stickney Ellis
Publisher
Fisher, Son, & Co.
Date Published
[1841]

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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Headline
Emerson's Works, nicely bound by M. Albinhac
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
Date Published
[1903-1904]

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Tristram and Iseult: A Play

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(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)
Author
Hare, Amory
Headline
Signed by Wharton Esherick and Amory Hare
Publisher
The Slide Mountain Press
Date Published
1930

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Song of Solomon

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(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)
Headline
Centaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcuts
Publisher
[Centaur Press]
Date Published
[1927]

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96

The Good Soldier

Author
[Ford] Hueffer, Ford Madox
Headline
First Edition of Ford Madox Ford's classic
Publisher
John Lane Company
Date Published
1915

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The Corsair

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(Fore-edge Painting)
Author
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord
Headline
With fore-edge painting
Publisher
Thomas Davison for John Murray
Date Published
1814

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Considerazioni al Tasso di Galileo Galilei e discorso di Giuseppe Iseo sopra il poema di m. Torquato Tasso per dimostrazione di alcuni luoghi in diversi autori da lui felicemente emulati

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(Galilei, Galileo)
Headline
Tasso & Galileo considered, 1793 4to edition
Publisher
Nella stamperia Pagliarini
Date Published
1793

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Vita e commercio letterario di Galileo Galilei, nobile e patrizio fiorentino, mattematico e filosofo sopraordinario de Gran Duchi de Toscana Cosimo e Ferdinando II

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(Galilei, Galileo)
Author
Nelli, Giovan Battista Clemente
Headline
Life of Galileo 1793
Date Published
1793

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Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei ordinate ed illustrate con annotazioni dal cav. Giambatista Venturi...

Author
Galilei, Galileo
Headline
Unpublished letters of Galileo, 1818-21
Publisher
Per G. Vincenzi e comp.
Date Published
1818-1821

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