Systema Cosmicum / Authore Galil{uF807}alil✹Lynceo, AcademiЩsan{uC80D}athematico extraordinario, serenissimi Magni-Ducis HetruriШilosopho et Mathematico Primario: In quo Quatuor Dialogis, de Duobus Maximis Mundi Systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano, Vtriusq; rationibus Philosophicis ac Naturalibus indefinite propofitis, differitur, Ex Italic Lingua Latine conuerfum.

'First published by Abraham and Bonaventura Elzevier, and David Hauttus in 1635. Republished by Elsevier B.V. in 2014.'

Includes index.

Galileo Galilei's (1564-1642) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was first published in Italian in 1632 (Florence). Because Galileo's comparison between the Copernican and the traditional Ptolemaic systems had caused outrage among the Catholic clergy, the book was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books. Fortunately, the manuscript was adopted by scholars throughout Europe. The Elzeviers' Latin edition, titled Dialogus Systema Mundi was published in 1635, and contains a beautiful title page, as well as a portrait of the author.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed March 30, 2015).

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