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Astronomy
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THE MOST INFLUENTIAL STAR ATLAS OF ITS TIME
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BAYER, Johann. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, series laminis expressa. Augsburg, Christophorus Magnus, 1603.
Rare first edition of the most influential star atlas published in the first half of the seventeenth century and the first to represent the stars of the southern latitudes.
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“The ‘Opening Gun’ In the Campaign Against Galileo's Dialogo”
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[Galileiana] BERIGARD, Claudio [Claude Guillermet]. Dubitationes in dialogum Galilaei Galilaei Lyncei in Gymnasio Pisano mathematici supraordinarij. Florence, Petri Nesti, 1632.
Rare first and only edition of this understudied treatise, the first critique of Galileo’s Dialogo , by a staunch proponent of fixed-earth Aristotelianism.
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GALGEMAYR’S PROPORTIONAL COMPASS
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GALGEMAYR, G.. Organon logikon, Kurtzer grundtlicher...Underricht, Zuberaitung und gebrauch, Des Circkels Schregmess und Linial in wahrer proportion. Augsburg, Weh, 1655.
Rare edition and a fine copy of Galgemayr's very influential text describing the construction & use of two instruments, a proportional compass and a lineal compass for the measurement of volumes and surfaces.
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GALILEI, Galileo. Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti ... Rome, Giacomo Mascardi, 1613.
First edition and an unusual copy (see below) of one of the great books in the history of science, recording Galileo’s observations of the sun.
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"One of the Most Celebrated Polemics In the History of Science" - Stillman Drake
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GALILEI, Galileo. Il Saggiatore nel quale con bilancia esquisita si ponderano le cose contenute nella Libra Astronomica... di Lotario Sarsi. Rome, Mascardi, 1623.
First edition, first issue of an outstanding document in the history of science.
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