1. Add MS 8787
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8787
- Title:
- BENEDETTO AVERANI: Defence of Galileo Galilei; 1695. Italian. Copy. Benedetto Averani (1645-1707) was an acclaimed Florentine man of letters, professor of Greek and Humanities at the University of Pisa from 1676. He published several rhetorical and poetical works in Latin and many studies on Greek literature; see DBI, 4 (1962), pp. 657-658. His defence of Galilei was first published from a MS. in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, by A. Favaro as 'La Difesa di Galileo scritta da Benedetto Avera...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter binding of red leather with marble paper covers: late 18th-early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Galileo Galilei: Defence of, by B. Averani: 1695: Ital: Copy. Benedetto Averani, d 1707 Italian writer: Defence of G. Galilei: 169...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1695
- Extent:
- 1 item