- A COLLECTION OF PAPERS, PROSE AND VERSE PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF THIS ACADEMY IN PADUA, OF WHICH GALILEO GALILEI WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER -

PATIN (Carlo, Italian physician, 1633-1693); L'ACCADEMIA DEI RICOVRATI (later, L'Accademia galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti, named after its most distinguished member Galileo Galilei, was founded in Padua, Italy by Abbot Federico Cornaro in 1599, to promote belles lettres and the sciences).

Compositioni delli Signori Academici ... per la nascita del ... Principe Gioseppe Giacomo Ignatio Antonio Giovanni Eustachio, Archiduca d'Austria, procurate et raccolte da Carlo Patino. 

(Padoa [Padua]): 'Apresso il Frambotti' [for the Academy], 1678. First edition thus. 86pp. Illustrated with ann engraved vignette of the academy's shield on the title page, as well as several engraved head-pieces, a few engraved initals and other some other engraved devices. Contemporary leather binding, spine gilt in compartments. Marbled endpapers. Size: 4to (25.3cm x 19.5cm).

Good to Fair only condition. Binding quite considerably worn, with loss to some leather along the spine, and front board almost detached. Title page has browned, with some spotting and staining. Dedication page is stained and the following two leaves are browned. There is a stain to the top edge of the first 14 or so leaves. The stain disappears in the central pages, which are quite clean and bright, before returning again towards the end (pp63-74). Rear marbled fly-leaf missing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.

A rare collection of papers by members of the Ricovrati Academy in Padua, of which Galileo Galilei was one of the founding members. The academy did not publish a journal, but opted instead for occasional printed compendiums. The academy is today located  in Carraresi Palace. Ricovrati translates into English as 'sheltered ones' and the academy's shield reflects this, showing the image of a cave sheltered by an olive tree.