Title: Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) Author: Galilei, Galileo Place: Padua Publisher: Tipogr. Salmin Date: 1896 (colophon dated 1897) Description: 205, [2] pp. Portrait. 17x10mm, original printed wrappers. Housed in a custom slipcase. First Miniature Edition. First published in 1636, some twenty-one years after it was written, the letter, to his friend and patron Madama di Lorenza, argues for the harmony of religion and science. "For many years this tiny book which is only half the size of an ordinary postage stamp was considered the smallest printed from movable type" - Bondy pp. 95-96. The text is set in the exceedingly small "occhio di mosca" (fly’s eye) Dantino type created by Salmin for their miniature edition of Dante (1878). Mikrobiblion 103; Spielmann 161; Welsh 2935. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers a bit worn at extremities but overall near fine. Item number: 198858
Title: Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) Author: Galilei, Galileo Place: Padua Publisher: Tipogr. Salmin Date: 1896 (colophon dated 1897) Description: 205, [2] pp. Portrait. 17x10mm, original printed wrappers. Housed in a custom slipcase. First Miniature Edition. First published in 1636, some twenty-one years after it was written, the letter, to his friend and patron Madama di Lorenza, argues for the harmony of religion and science. "For many years this tiny book which is only half the size of an ordinary postage stamp was considered the smallest printed from movable type" - Bondy pp. 95-96. The text is set in the exceedingly small "occhio di mosca" (fly’s eye) Dantino type created by Salmin for their miniature edition of Dante (1878). Mikrobiblion 103; Spielmann 161; Welsh 2935. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers a bit worn at extremities but overall near fine. Item number: 198858
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