Frontispiece of Galileo's Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari

Frontispiece of Galileo's Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari (Florence, 1613)

The work that announced Galileo's discovery and interpretation of sunspots.

 

 

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