Bidspirit auction | Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei - Galileo Galilei - Works of Galileo Galilei, Florentine nobleman, 1656. Bologna, Per gli HH del Dozza, 1656. In 4°. 2 vols. First volume: half-title, title page (both detached), brand on the title page, portrait of the author on the verso of X1, folded engraving, numerous illustrations in the text, detached half-title, frontispiece, some initial leaves (+2-+6) and the last leaves (D2-E4), numerous wormholes, some burns and foxing, contemporary calf binding, red edges, detached boards and spine, some losses, defects. Ownership stamp on the frontispiece. Second volume: Half-title, title page ”Sydereus Nuncius magna, longeque admirabilia [...]”, Bologna, ex typograqpgia H H. de Ducijs, 1555. Numerous illustrations in the text, wormholes, some burns and foxing, contemporary calf binding, red edges, some losses, defects. Ownership stamp on the title page.