Book illustration, portrait of Galileo Galilei. This photograph was made from an unidentified book; the portrait made after Galilei's death. Engraved illustration with engraved caption: "Il divino Galileo di Vincenzio Galilei, Patrizio fior filos., e matem. di Fernando II G.D. di Toscana. nato il di XVIII Febb. MDLXIV, morto il di VIII Genn. MDCXLII." Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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