Portrait of Galileo from Systema Cosmicum, Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg], 1635, 1635

Item

Identifier: RB-GG1635-2

Staff Only

Portrait of Galileo from Systema Cosmicum, Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg], 1635 still image

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Caltech Images is a collection of over ten thousand images representing Caltech's history and the people who have contributed to the Caltech story. It includes historic and contemporary photographs of people and places, reproductions of historic scientific artifacts and art, and illustrations drawn from Caltech's rare book collection in the history of science and technology.

Dates

Creation: 1635

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 photographs (negative)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Like the engraving of the three astronomers, the portrait of Galileo has been altered in the Latin edition of his Dialogo. He faces in the opposite direction and his titles are given in Latin. Additionally, some of the ornamental detail in the portrait has been altered to make the overall effect more sober. The engraving is signed Jac. al Heyden.