Letters to Father Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo 1623-1633 by Dava Sobel 2001 Walker Publishing history books
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2001 Walker Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Blue hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is near fine with only hints of shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 377 pages. Attached satin bookmark
Letters to Father Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo 1623-1633 has been translated and annotated by Dava Sobel. When Galileo's eldest daughter was 13, her father placed her in a convent in Florence and she took the name Suor Maria Celeste. Unable to see her father, she wrote him constantly, which as her 125 letters (which Galileo kept) attest. The letters have been translated to English and also presented in their original Italian with an Intro and annotations by Sobel which place them in historical context. Much upheaval was experienced during the 10 yrs the letters span. From a Pope who battled the Protestant Reformation to the Thirty Year's War, emergence of new science, the bubonic plague and more. The letters are beautifully written and touch on all the subjects of the time.
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