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Galilæana. Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Science

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2023)

Assaying Il Saggiatore, with a delicate and precise bibliographical balance

DOI
https://doi.org/10.57617/gal-16
Submitted
15 June 2023
Published
2023-11-10

Abstract

Il Saggiatore is bibliographically more complex than it might seem at first sight: copies can vary wildly in their parts and materials. The first edition has been repeatedly misdescribed in the book trade, with a fictitious “first issue” claiming chronological and monetary priority. The authors examine both a wide sample of copies and all the available supplementary documentation to establish the most useful way to describe and understand individual copies, and the entire edition, of this book.

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