Historiated title page of Systema cosmicvm, authore Galilæo Galilæi ... : in quo qvatvor dialogis, de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano, vtriusq; rationibus philosophicis ac naturalibus indefinite propositis disseritur
The title page of Galileo Galilei's Systema cosmicvm, authore Galilæo Galilæi ... : in quo qvatvor dialogis, de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano, vtriusq; rationibus philosophicis ac naturalibus indefinite propositis disseritur featuring Aristotle, Claudius Ptolemy, and Nicolaus Copernicus gathered between a pair of columns holding up a banner with the book's title. Above the title, a pair of cherubs support the Medici coat of arms. Ptolemy holds an armillary sphere model and Copernicus holds a model of the Earth orbiting the Sun.
Strasbourg (France)
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
Latin
Astronomy
Astronomers
Cherubs in art
Columns
Heraldry
Aristotle
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
Medici, House of
Seventeenth century
Still image
engravings (prints)
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1635 GALI
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