Lot 231
Galilei, Galileo - Benedetto Averani (1645-1707)
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs | 09 May 2007
£660
Description
Manuscript copy of Averani's La Difesa di Galileo, entitled "Lettera Apologetica del Galileo", 4to (222 x 155mm.), 26 leaves, [a]8 [b]10 [c]8, verso of title and of last leaf blank, written in one hand, [c.1700], smoke stained? and slightly brittle, backstrip with tape repair
Footnote
Note: Four copies of this work in manuscript are recorded by Favaro, who printed a text based on those at Florence and Pisa. It has been suggested that it was made in connection with a plan to erect a statue or monument to Galileo.