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PICCOLOMINI (Alessandro). DELLA Sfera del Mondo, divisa in Libri Quattro [...] Di nuouo ricorretta, & ampliata. In Vinegia. 1553. - PICCOLOMINI (Alessandro) DELLA Sfera del Mondo, divisa in Libri Quattro [...] Di nuouo ricorretta, & ampliata . Editione Tertia. In Vinegia: Bartolomeo Cesano, 1553. 58 ff.: il.; 210 mm. Third edition of ”Della Sfera del Mondo, ” the first edition printed by Bartolomeo Cesano. Incomplete copy, lacking the second part (”Delle Stelle Fisse”) that has usually accompanied this treatise since the first edition of 1540. ”Della Sfera del Mondo, ” in four books, expounds Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmography according to the geocentric model, written in vernacular Italian with the declared purpose of making science accessible to a wider audience, dispensing with erudite Latin. The work had twelve editions in Italian and Latin throughout the 16th century, being one of the most popular of its time in the genre. Alessandro Piccolomini (Siena, 1508 - 1579), humanist, philosopher, and astronomer related to Pope Pius II, was a founding member of several Italian academies, including the Intronati of Siena and the Infiammati of Padua. Titular Archbishop of Patras, he dedicated much of his work to the dissemination of scientific knowledge in the Tuscan language. The work was dedicated to the Sienese poet Laudomia Forteguerri de Colombini. Incomplete copy, missing the second part. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate