Discourse on Bodies in Water. With Introduction and Notes by Stillman Drake
by GALILEO GALILEI; Thomas Salusbury, transl; Stillman Drake, introd
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About This Item
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1960. First Thus. Photolithographic facsimile of the Salusbury translation (London, 1663), with an added Introduction and scholarly notes by Stillman Drake. Quarto; cloth hardcover; xxvi,89pp. Fine, without dustwrapper, apparently as issued. No. 2 in the series of facsimile reprints sponsored by the History of Science Society of the University of Illinois.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59036
- Title
- Discourse on Bodies in Water. With Introduction and Notes by Stillman Drake
- Author
- GALILEO GALILEI; Thomas Salusbury, transl; Stillman Drake, introd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1960
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