GALILEO HERETIC; (Galilio eretico)
first edition
1987 · Princeton NJ
by REDONDI, Pietro
Princeton NJ: Princeton Uniersity, 1987. First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 356. Documents, index. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. With several illustrations. Black cloth. Fine in slightly scuffed and chipped dj. A reinterpretation of Galileo's trial for heresy, whose premise is that the Jesuits plotted Galilio's downfall because his new naturalistic philosophy threatened dogma about the eucharist, rather than because of his theories about astronomy. (Inventory #: 56073)