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Alternate Title(s): Difesa Contro alle Calunnie & Imposture di Baldessar Capra
Notes: 2 vols.
Author: Galileo
Publication Location: Venice
Year: 1607

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Featuring Galileo's Handwriting. Galileo published his second printed book to establish his priority rights and to inform Cosimo de Medici of the legal judgment against Capra. This copy, bound with the Compasso, is inscribed by Galileo to a Florentine physician. It contains other handwritten notes by Galileo as well.

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Theme(s): Engineering, Law and Political Science, Scientific Instruments
Chronological Period: 17th century
Geographical Region(s): Italy
Resource Type: Hand Written Annotations