THE OPERATIONS

OF THE GEOMETRIC,

AND MILITARY,

COMPASS,

GALILEO GALILEI

NOBLE FLORENTINE

Lecturer of Mathematics at the University

of Padua.

THIRD EDITION.

A printer's emblem featuring Minerva (Athena) in full armor, standing beside an olive tree. She holds a spear and a shield bearing the visage of Medusa. A ribbon scroll entwined around the tree contains the Latin motto "WORK OF PEACE" original: "PACIS OPUS". The scene is set upon a decorative base featuring a central grotesque mask.

1649

IN PADUA, 1649.

By Paolo Frambotto. With permission of the superiors.

Of the Sig: Count Girolamo de' Conti?
Padua to Braggio? and: May.?