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Galileo Galilei letter to Nicolas Peiresc, 1635 May 12

1 item (4 pages) ; 28 cm · Autograph letter in ink signed by Galileo to Nicolas Peiresc, written from his home in Arcetri, Italy and dated May 12th, 1635 · Although Galileo's correspondent is unnamed in the letter, Peiresc has been identified as the recipient based on the exchange of multiple letters between the two from this period and the thread of their letters' contents. This letter was delivered to Peiresc in Lyons, France through the agency of Roberto Galilei, a distant relative of Galileo · Gift; Bern Dibner · Collected by Bern Dibner for his Burndy Library in Norwalk, Connecticut, founded in 1941. Donated to the Smithsonian Libraries in 1974 by Dibner · A letter from Galileo: Galileo, the innovator, by Bern Dibner. A long-lost letter from Galileo to Peiresc on a magnetic clock, by Stillman Drake. Norwalk, CT : Burndy Library, 1967 · digitized CHLDP 20141032

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