Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican
by Galileo Galalei, translated and with notes by Stillman Drake and a foreword by Albert Einstein
The Folio Society, 2013
This translation originally published in 1953 by University of California Press, with a revised edition in 1967. Folio Society published their edition in 2013 with the addition of an introduction by Dava Scobel.
Hardback. Publlisher’s green buckram with gilt title to spine, illustration in black and gilt to spine and upper board; green endpapers; head and tail bands. In a black papered slipcase. pp [i]-xxxii, [1]-565, [3] blank, plus b/w and colour plates. Size: 10 x 6.5 inches approx. (253mm x 164mm).
Light shelf wear to slipcase.
Overall, a nice, clean copy – appears unread.
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References
[1867] Folio 75 – A Bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-2022
