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Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Vatican Bans the Work of Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler.
Rome: Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1664.
Quarto, woodcut papal arms to title page, divisional titles; bound in full contemporary parchment over boards, ink title to spine (binding decased; contents very good); 9 x 6 1/2 in.
In this particular edition of the Catholic Inquisition's list of banned books, we find hundreds if not thousands of works deemed heretical by the Holy See. The writings of 17th century cutting-edge astronomers do not go unnoticed. Among many others working in various fields, you will also find the names of Galileo, Copernicus & Kepler in these pages. The Vatican also reprints all of their own edicts, bulls, and other threatening advisories meant to paralyze intellectual curiosity and scientific learning and observation during this very important period of technological and academic advancement.
Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.
