Life of Galileo Galilei: With Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy
Boston: William Hyde & Company, 1832. Very Good. Item #46708
Boston: William Hyde & Company, 1832. First American Edition. 12mo (19.5cm); publisher's dark green cloth, printed paper spine label; vi,[13]-307pp. (complete despite error in pagination); woodcut illustrations. Moderate wear to cloth, especially at corners, spine a bit toned, largish loss to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, fresh and sound copy. Issued as the first volume in the series the Scholar's Cabinet Library.
Contemporary ownership signature at head of title page and 20th-century ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sidney Ross to front pastedown. This biography of Galileo first appeared in London in 1830.
Price: $250.00