Volume 7, No. 1

Galileo's Correspondence

Galileo Galilei

Editor's Note: The letter-extracts are from Volume 10 of Favaro's Opere unless otherwise stated, with the numbers given by Favaro. The commentary is from The Astrological Work of Galileo, Grazia Mirti, 1992. A part of Galileo's 1604 comet lecture is also included, as pertinent to a letter from Brenzoni.